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194. Nandigram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-NANDIGRAM

CPI 42.5%won by 18.4%NCO 24.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.9% to 18.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 24.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
62,593
Margin
11,545
18.44%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1BHUPAL CHANDRA PANDACommunist Party of India · CPI26,58642.5%
  2. 2PRABIR CHANDRA JANANCO · NCO15,04124.0%
  3. 3AHINDRA MISRABAC · BAC9,24714.8%
  4. 4SK FARID MAHAMMADIndependent · IND5,8939.4%
  5. 5RABINDRA NATH MAITYIndependent · IND4,3647.0%
  6. 6SYED OSMAN ALIIndian National Congress · INC1,4622.3%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–NCO swing
−38.0%
CPI share
56.5% → 42.5%
NCO share
0.0% → 24.0%
Turnout
— → —
193. Sutahata195. Narghat
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