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Constituency

19. Rajganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-RAJGANJ

INC 35.3%won by 4.3%CPM 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.1% to 4.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
33,443
Margin
1,451
4.34%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
−51.3%
INC share
55.6% 35.3%
CPM share
0.0% 30.9%
Turnout