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82. Barasat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-BARASAT

FBL 34.4%won by 2.7%CPM 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 2.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% between them, down from 81.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
51,984
Margin
1,384
2.66%

Candidates

6 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1SARAL DEBFBL · FBL17,89634.4%
  2. 2SAILESH DAS GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,51231.8%
  3. 3ABDUR BASHID MALICKIndependent · IND8,63016.6%
  4. 4KARUNA KANTA RAYBAC · BAC4,2038.1%
  5. 5MOHAN LAL GHOSHNCO · NCO4,1978.1%
  6. 6SHAIK RAFIQUF ALIIndependent · IND5461.1%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–CPM swing
−44.1%
FBL share
46.8% → 34.4%
CPM share
0.0% → 31.8%
Turnout
— → —
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