Constituency
55. Domkal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-DOMKAL
CPM 41.1%won by 12.5%IND 28.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 12.5%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.8% between them, down from 85.6% — 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
42,160
Margin
5,260
12.48%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1MD. ABDUL BARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,33841.1%
- 2MAIDUL ISIAM KHONDAKARIndependent · IND12,07828.6%
- 3BISWAS EKRAM UL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC7,43417.6%
- 4MD. ASHRAF ALISUC · SUC4,39510.4%
- 5SUNIL BRAHMACHARIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS9152.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–IND swing
- −30.1%
- CPM share
- 42.6% → 41.1%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 28.6%
- Turnout
- — → —