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Constituency

28. Raiganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-RAIGANJ

INC 48.4%won by 4.1%CPM 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 42.9% to 48.4% of the vote here (+5.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 85.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
49,425
Margin
2,007
4.06%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+4.2%
INC share
42.9% 48.4%
CPM share
43.0% 44.3%
Turnout