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Constituency

154. Howrah South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-HOWRAH-SOUTH

INC 44.4%won by 5.4%CPM 39.0%

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 5.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.5% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
42,575
Margin
2,301
5.40%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+18.4%
INC share
43.1% 44.4%
CPM share
56.2% 39.0%
Turnout