Constituency
165. Amta
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-AMTA
CPM 61.1%won by 37.8%INC 23.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.2% to 37.8%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.5% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
50,163
Margin
18,954
37.78%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1BAPINDRA KOLEYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM30,67161.1%
- 2GUNKAR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC11,71723.4%
- 3GOBINDA MAJIPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,60211.2%
- 4SOHRAB ALINCO · NCO2,1734.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +21.6%
- CPM share
- 56.7% → 61.1%
- INC share
- 40.5% → 23.4%
- Turnout
- — → —