Constituency
97. Joynagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-JOYNAGAR
SUC 41.2%won by 0.4%INC 40.8%
What changed here
DerivedSUC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.9% to 0.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.0% between them, down from 98.9% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
58,035
Margin
248
0.43%
Candidates
4 contested · winner SUC- 1SUBODH BANERJEESUC · SUC23,90441.2%
- 2PROSUN GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC23,65640.8%
- 3HAJIMOKSEDUR RAHMAN MOLIAIndependent · IND6,90311.9%
- 4ARUN KUMAR GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,5726.2%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SUC
- Winner now
- SUC
- SUC–INC swing
- −10.5%
- SUC share
- 54.9% → 41.2%
- INC share
- 44.0% → 40.8%
- Turnout
- — → —