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Constituency

185. Chandrakona

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-CHANDRAKONA

CPM 42.5%won by 13.1%INC 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.8% to 13.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.0% 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
48,127
Margin
6,283
13.06%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−0.8%
CPM share
56.9% 42.5%
INC share
43.1% 29.5%
Turnout