Constituency
208. Garhbeta West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-GARHBETA-WEST
CPI 27.3%won by 2.5%CPM 24.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.5% to 2.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 30.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 24.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.0% between them, down from 91.2% — 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
51,252
Margin
1,270
2.48%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPI- 1SAROJ ROYCommunist Party of India · CPI13,97127.3%
- 2MANOHAR MAHATACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,70124.8%
- 3RAM MANOHAR SINGHAIndian National Congress · INC11,33222.1%
- 4PANCHANAN SINHA ROYNCO · NCO6,52812.7%
- 5PRAKARISHNA TUDUJan Kalyan Party · JKP5,22210.2%
- 6DWARKA NATH DEBAC · BAC1,4982.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −55.4%
- CPI share
- 57.8% → 27.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 24.8%
- Turnout
- — → —