Constituency
80. Gaighata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-GAIGHATA
INC 37.6%won by 5.2%CPM 32.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.2%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 85.4% — 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
45,724
Margin
2,386
5.22%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1CHANDI PADA MITRAIndian National Congress · INC17,20837.6%
- 2KESHAB LAL BISWASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,82232.4%
- 3GORINDA DEBCommunist Party of India · CPI11,45925.1%
- 4SACHINDER NATH GHOSHNCO · NCO1,8354.0%
- 5SUKUMAR BASUBAC · BAC4000.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −34.4%
- INC share
- 39.6% → 37.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 32.4%
- Turnout
- — → —