Constituency
192. Mahishadal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-MAHISHADAL
BAC 47.2%won by 23.0%CPI 24.2%
What changed here
DerivedBAC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.5% to 23.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 24.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% 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
57,606
Margin
13,241
22.99%
Candidates
6 contested · winner BAC- 1SUSHIL KUMAR DHARABAC · BAC27,18647.2%
- 2JAGADINDRA MAITICommunist Party of India · CPI13,94524.2%
- 3DIPAK KUMAR MITRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,35712.8%
- 4PRAFULLA KUMAR CHAKRAVARTYIndian National Congress · INC5,4799.5%
- 5ANANDA MOHAN BAGIndependent · IND2,2954.0%
- 6NIGAMANANDA BHAUMIKNCO · NCO1,3442.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- BAC
- BAC–CPI swing
- −41.8%
- BAC share
- 64.8% → 47.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 24.2%
- Turnout
- — → —