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Constituency

137. Kalighat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-KALIGHAT

INC 55.2%won by 19.4%CPM 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 44.8% to 55.2% of the vote here (+10.4%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.0% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
44,567
Margin
8,637
19.38%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+29.7%
INC share
44.8% 55.2%
CPM share
55.2% 35.8%
Turnout