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Constituency

178. Pandua

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-PANDUA

CPM 56.4%won by 20.8%BAC 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.4% to 20.8%.

  • New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.0% between them, down from 99.4% — 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
51,344
Margin
10,675
20.79%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMBAC swing
−37.1%
CPM share
57.9% 56.4%
BAC share
0.0% 35.6%
Turnout