Constituency
29. Kaliaganj
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-KALIAGANJ
INC 55.5%won by 26.2%CPM 29.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 26.2%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
39,610
Margin
10,365
26.17%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1ROY DEBENDRA NATHIndian National Congress · INC21,96855.5%
- 2NANI GOPAI ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,60329.3%
- 3SARKAR AMRITALALCommunist Party of India · CPI3,0007.6%
- 4SYAMA PRASAD BARMANNCO · NCO1,6484.2%
- 5HEMANTA KUMAR RAYBAC · BAC1,3913.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +15.6%
- INC share
- 54.9% → 55.5%
- CPM share
- 44.4% → 29.3%
- Turnout
- — → —