Constituency
179. Dhaniakhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-DHANIAKHALI
CPM 46.4%won by 7.0%INC 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: FBL (FBL) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 7.0%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 46.4% of the vote here (+46.4%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.8% 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,540
Margin
3,593
6.97%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1KASINATH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM23,91146.4%
- 2KASHINATH PATRAIndian National Congress · INC20,31839.4%
- 3KRIP SINDHU SAHAFBL · FBL3,8837.5%
- 4GOKUL CHANDRA MAJIBAC · BAC3,4286.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- FBL
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +50.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 46.4%
- INC share
- 43.8% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —