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Constituency

23. Siliguri

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-SILIGURI

INC 50.6%won by 20.7%CPM 29.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: IGL (IGL) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.8% to 50.6% of the vote here (+11.8%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.5% between them, down from 96.1% — 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
41,044
Margin
8,496
20.70%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
IGL
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
−18.1%
INC share
38.8% 50.6%
CPM share
0.0% 29.9%
Turnout