Constituency
127. Dum Dum
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-DUM-DUM
CPM 56.0%won by 12.8%PSP 43.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.8% to 12.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 43.2% — 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
72,727
Margin
9,313
12.81%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPMSince 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–PSP swing
- −46.6%
- CPM share
- 59.4% → 56.0%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 43.2%
- Turnout
- — → —