Constituency
72. Hanskhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-HANSKHALI
INC 45.5%won by 9.6%CPM 35.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.6%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 97.4% — 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
52,028
Margin
5,020
9.65%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1ANANDA MOHAN BISWASIndian National Congress · INC23,65845.5%
- 2JNANFNDRA NATH BISWASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,63835.8%
- 3CHARUMTHIR SARKARBAC · BAC4,5748.8%
- 4RAMENDRA NATH DASCommunist Party of India · CPI4,2068.1%
- 5SUBINAL GHOSALNCO · NCO9521.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −36.0%
- INC share
- 45.7% → 45.5%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 35.8%
- Turnout
- — → —