Constituency
19. Rajganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-RAJGANJ
INC 35.3%won by 4.3%CPM 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
33,443
Margin
1,451
4.34%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BHAGWAN SINGH ROYIndian National Congress · INC11,79635.3%
- 2DHIRENDRA NATH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,34530.9%
- 3BHABENDRA NATH ROY HAKMSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP4,11812.3%
- 4JIBAN ROYNCO · NCO3,0329.1%
- 5JYOTI PROSAD BARMANIndependent · IND2,7788.3%
- 6IMANESWAR ROYBAC · BAC1,3744.1%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −51.3%
- INC share
- 55.6% → 35.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- — → —