Constituency
126. Baranagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-BARANAGAR
CPM 57.3%won by 14.6%BAC 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.0% to 14.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 42.7% — 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
75,627
Margin
11,053
14.62%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPM- 1JOYTI BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM43,34057.3%
- 2AJOY KUMAR MUKHOPADHYABAC · BAC32,28742.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–BAC swing
- −47.2%
- CPM share
- 61.8% → 57.3%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- — → —