Constituency
46. Farakka
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-FARAKKA
CPM 38.6%won by 1.9%IND 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.9%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 38.6% of the vote here (+38.6%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from PML (PML) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.3% of the vote between them, up from 62.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
43,151
Margin
813
1.88%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1JERAT ALICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,66238.6%
- 2JOHAD AHMEDIndependent · IND15,84936.7%
- 3SUDHIR KUMAR SAHAIndian National Congress · INC7,00216.2%
- 4SIDDIQUE HOSSAINSUC · SUC1,6843.9%
- 5MD. MOHSINBAC · BAC1,0712.5%
- 6FAZLETANNESANCO · NCO8832.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–IND swing
- +4.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 38.6%
- IND share
- 2.4% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- — → —