Constituency
28. Raiganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-RAIGANJ
INC 48.4%won by 4.1%CPM 44.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,425
Margin
2,007
4.06%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1RAMENDRA NATH DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC23,92448.4%
- 2MANASH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,91744.3%
- 3NISHITHA NATH KUNDUPraja Socialist Party · PSP2,2444.5%
- 4SIKDAR MOHIT RANIANNCO · NCO1,3402.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +4.2%
- INC share
- 42.9% → 48.4%
- CPM share
- 43.0% → 44.3%
- Turnout
- — → —