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Constituency

145. Sealdah

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-SEALDAH

INC 54.0%won by 25.6%CPM 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 25.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 44.7% to 54.0% of the vote here (+9.3%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% 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
38,587
Margin
9,881
25.61%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
−19.1%
INC share
44.7% 54.0%
CPM share
0.0% 28.4%
Turnout