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Constituency

65. Tehatta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-TEHATTA

CPM 46.5%won by 25.1%INC 21.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 25.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,842
Margin
10,993
25.07%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+32.3%
CPM share
44.9% 46.5%
INC share
52.2% 21.4%
Turnout