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Constituency

62. Barwan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-BARWAN

INC 42.0%won by 16.2%RSP 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.4% to 42.0% of the vote here (+6.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.7% between them, down from 80.7% — 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
36,074
Margin
5,859
16.24%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCRSP swing
+26.1%
INC share
35.4% 42.0%
RSP share
45.3% 25.7%
Turnout