Constituency

124. Panihati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-PANIHATI

CPM 66.7%won by 39.1%CPI 27.7%

What changed here

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.9% to 39.1%.

New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

87,747

Margin

34,266

39.05%

3 contested · winner CPM

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