Constituency
186. Ghatal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-GHATAL
CPM 59.4%won by 21.8%BAC 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.2% to 21.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
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
48,318
Margin
10,518
21.77%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1DAL NANDA RANICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,72559.4%
- 2KARIIK DOLUIBAC · BAC18,20737.7%
- 3BAG BHOLANATHNCO · NCO1,3862.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–BAC swing
- −41.8%
- CPM share
- 63.6% → 59.4%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —