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Constituency

171. Champdani

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-CHAMPDANI

CPM 47.9%won by 21.2%INC 26.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.4% to 21.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.5% 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
48,463
Margin
10,294
21.24%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+3.9%
CPM share
58.7% 47.9%
INC share
41.3% 26.7%
Turnout