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Constituency

177. Balagarh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-BALAGARH

CPM 47.5%won by 8.3%INC 39.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.8% to 8.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.8% 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
47,846
Margin
3,962
8.28%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−12.6%
CPM share
60.4% 47.5%
INC share
39.6% 39.2%
Turnout