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Constituency

101. Jadavpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-JADAVPUR

CPM 57.6%won by 28.6%CPI 29.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist 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%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMCPI swing
−34.6%
CPM share
63.3% 57.6%
CPI share
0.0% 29.0%
Turnout