Constituency
41. Malda
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-MALDA
INC 39.9%won by 12.3%CPM 27.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.7% to 12.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 27.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.5% between them, down from 95.0% — 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
44,078
Margin
5,426
12.31%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MAHAMMAD GAFURUR RAHAMANIndian National Congress · INC17,58039.9%
- 2MOHAMMAD FLIASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,15427.6%
- 3MAHAMMAD BAFATUILA MAICommunist Party of India · CPI6,40114.5%
- 4GOKUL BEHARI AGARWALLANCO · NCO3,4257.8%
- 5JITENDRA NATH KUMARIndependent · IND2,9216.6%
- 6DHIRENDRA NATH DASBAC · BAC1,5973.6%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −43.6%
- INC share
- 55.9% → 39.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 27.6%
- Turnout
- — → —