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Constituency

42. Englishbazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-ENGLISHBAZAR

CPI 31.6%won by 4.9%BJS 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.8% to 4.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.3% between them, down from 86.7% — 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
45,229
Margin
2,227
4.92%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIBJS swing
−38.1%
CPI share
54.8% 31.6%
BJS share
11.7% 26.7%
Turnout