Constituency
102. Behala East
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-BEHALA-EAST
CPM 52.4%won by 9.0%INC 43.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.2% to 9.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
41,656
Margin
3,768
9.05%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1NIRANJAN MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,81752.4%
- 2BIRENGHATAKIndian National Congress · INC18,04943.3%
- 3PRAFULLLA KUMAR ROYNCO · NCO1,7904.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −19.1%
- CPM share
- 63.0% → 52.4%
- INC share
- 34.8% → 43.3%
- Turnout
- — → —