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Constituency

159. Sankrail

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-SANKRAIL

CPM 52.3%won by 24.4%INC 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.7% to 24.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.1% between them, down from 98.2% — 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
48,566
Margin
11,859
24.42%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+0.7%
CPM share
61.0% 52.3%
INC share
37.2% 27.9%
Turnout