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Constituency

99. Sonarpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-SONARPUR

CPM 54.2%won by 28.9%CPI 25.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.5% to 28.9%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 99.3% — 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
55,352
Margin
15,971
28.85%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMCPI swing
−28.0%
CPM share
56.9% 54.2%
CPI share
0.0% 25.4%
Turnout