Constituency
101. Jadavpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-JADAVPUR
CPM 57.6%won by 28.6%CPI 29.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 28.6% to 28.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 97.9% — 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
66,199
Margin
18,944
28.62%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1DINESH MAJUMDERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM38,11457.6%
- 2SANTIMOY ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI19,17029.0%
- 3BAMA CHARAN CHAKRABARTYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP4,7937.2%
- 4ANIL BANERJEENCO · NCO3,6395.5%
- 5SATYA SARKARIndependent · IND4830.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–CPI swing
- −34.6%
- CPM share
- 63.3% → 57.6%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 29.0%
- Turnout
- — → —