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Constituency

167. Jangipara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-JANGIPARA

CPM 49.0%won by 18.9%INC 30.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.1% to 18.9%.

  • 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 79.0% 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
46,314
Margin
8,751
18.89%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+1.8%
CPM share
57.6% 49.0%
INC share
40.6% 30.1%
Turnout