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Constituency

111. Magrahat East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-MAGRAHAT-EAST

CPM 39.8%won by 2.7%INC 37.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.3% to 2.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 99.2% — 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
59,981
Margin
1,647
2.75%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−0.6%
CPM share
51.2% 39.8%
INC share
47.9% 37.0%
Turnout