Constituency
26. Goalpokhar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-GOALPOKHAR
INC 34.7%won by 4.9%PML 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.7% to 34.7% of the vote here (+12.0%).
- New challengerPML (PML) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
31,527
Margin
1,543
4.89%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SEIKH SHARAFAT HOSSAINIndian National Congress · INC10,95334.7%
- 2NIZAMUDDINPML · PML9,41029.8%
- 3MASKARA RAJENDRABAC · BAC4,11813.1%
- 4NASIRUDDINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,6975.4%
- 5ISHAQUESamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,5665.0%
- 6MD. SALIMUDDINPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,5344.9%
- 7MD. BASIRUDDIN SARSHAARNCO · NCO1,2033.8%
- 8ISMAILSOC · SOC1,0463.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–PML swing
- −17.8%
- INC share
- 22.7% → 34.7%
- PML share
- 0.0% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —