Election
Constituency

207. Garhbeta East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-GARHBETA-EAST

CPI 33.5%won by 3.4%INC 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 3.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 94.3% — 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
50,651
Margin
1,744
3.44%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
−16.2%
CPI share
57.0% 33.5%
INC share
37.3% 30.0%
Turnout