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Constituency

205. Debra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-DEBRA

INC 36.6%won by 3.3%CPM 33.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 3.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 33.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.0% 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
47,000
Margin
1,537
3.27%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
−47.0%
INC share
50.2% 36.6%
CPM share
0.0% 33.4%
Turnout