Election
Constituency

125. Kamarhati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-KAMARHATI

CPM 67.7%won by 41.6%CPI 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.9% to 41.6%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.9% 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
69,911
Margin
29,087
41.61%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMCPI swing
−23.4%
CPM share
65.0% 67.7%
CPI share
0.0% 26.1%
Turnout