Election
Constituency

118. Bijpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-BIJPUR

INC 51.1%won by 2.1%CPM 48.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 48.0% to 51.1% of the vote here (+3.1%).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
58,392
Margin
1,250
2.14%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JAGADISH CHANDRA DASIndian National Congress · INC29,82151.1%
  2. 2JAGADISH CHANDRA DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,57148.9%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+5.5%
INC share
48.0% → 51.1%
CPM share
51.4% → 48.9%
Turnout
— → —
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