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Constituency

31. Kushmandi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-KUSHMANDI

INC 52.9%won by 34.2%CPI 18.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.0% to 34.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 99.2% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
39,649
Margin
13,548
34.17%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
+33.2%
INC share
50.1% 52.9%
CPI share
49.1% 18.8%
Turnout