Election
Constituency

37. Gajol

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-GAJOL

CPM 44.6%won by 10.4%BAC 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 10.4%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.6% to 44.6% of the vote here (+4.1%).
  • New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.9% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,117
Margin
4,466
10.36%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMBAC swing
−30.2%
CPM share
40.6% 44.6%
BAC share
0.0% 34.3%
Turnout