Constituency
95. Canning
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-CANNING
INC 37.0%won by 0.3%CPM 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.5% to 0.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
54,148
Margin
153
0.28%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1GOBINDA CHANDRA NASKARIndian National Congress · INC20,01537.0%
- 2CHITTA RANJAN MRIDHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,86236.7%
- 3DULAL CHANDRA MONDALSUC · SUC11,94422.1%
- 4CHANDRA KANTA RAYBAC · BAC1,8083.3%
- 5SURESH HALDARIndependent · IND5191.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −47.9%
- INC share
- 48.1% → 37.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- — → —