Constituency
103. Behala West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-BEHALA-WEST
CPM 51.0%won by 7.9%CPI 43.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.9% to 7.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 43.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
58,964
Margin
4,659
7.90%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1RABIN MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM30,05351.0%
- 2BISWANATH CHAKRARARTYCommunist Party of India · CPI25,39443.1%
- 3BHABEN ROY CHOWDHURYNCO · NCO3,5176.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–CPI swing
- −49.1%
- CPM share
- 57.0% → 51.0%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 43.1%
- Turnout
- — → —