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Constituency

92. Sandeshkhali

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-SANDESHKHALI

CPM 40.7%won by 0.1%INC 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.7% to 0.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 96.4% — 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
49,289
Margin
47
0.10%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−24.6%
CPM share
60.6% 40.7%
INC share
35.9% 40.6%
Turnout