Constituency
131. Jorasanko
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-JORASANKO
INC 49.2%won by 26.2%CPM 23.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.5% to 26.2%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 79.9% — the field split more ways.
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
37,877
Margin
9,911
26.17%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1DEOKI NANDAN PODDARIndian National Congress · INC18,62149.2%
- 2DAS SATYANARAYANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,71023.0%
- 3SHYAM SUNDER GOENKABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS8,60622.7%
- 4DHIRENDRA CHANDRA BHOWMICKFBL · FBL1,5904.2%
- 5MD. OMARIndependent · IND1110.3%
- 6RAJENDRA SINGHRSM · RSM950.3%
- 7PROSAD JAGAMOHANIndependent · IND930.2%
- 8SUKUMAR BANERJEEIndependent · IND510.1%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −18.5%
- INC share
- 44.7% → 49.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 23.0%
- Turnout
- — → —