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Constituency

182. Khanakul

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-KHANAKUL

CPM 41.8%won by 8.8%INC 33.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.2% to 8.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 97.2% — 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
45,856
Margin
4,036
8.80%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−1.4%
CPM share
53.7% 41.8%
INC share
43.5% 33.0%
Turnout