Constituency
30. Itahar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-ITAHAR
INC 59.2%won by 34.7%CPM 24.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 34.7%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.
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
51,022
Margin
17,680
34.65%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1ABEDIN ZAINALIndian National Congress · INC30,22159.2%
- 2HARI CHARAN DEBNATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,54124.6%
- 3CHAKRAPAVARTY SACHTNDUCommunist Party of India · CPI6,30812.4%
- 4DEB KUMAR ROYNCO · NCO1,9523.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −16.3%
- INC share
- 51.0% → 59.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 24.6%
- Turnout
- — → —