Constituency
209. Salbani
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-SALBANI
CPM 26.5%won by 6.4%CPI 20.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.4%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 26.5% of the vote here (+26.5%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 20.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.5% between them, down from 85.6% — 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
47,996
Margin
3,069
6.39%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1SUNDAAR HAZRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,69726.5%
- 2THAKUR DAS MAHATACommunist Party of India · CPI9,62820.1%
- 3BIRENDRA NATHHEMBRAMJan Kalyan Party · JKP7,10014.8%
- 4AMULYA RATAN MAHATABAC · BAC6,72414.0%
- 5NIRANJAN KHAMRAYIndian National Congress · INC6,25213.0%
- 6BAIDYA NATH OJHANCO · NCO3,2266.7%
- 7CHUNARAM MURMUIndependent · IND1,4593.0%
- 8NITAI CHANBRA GHOSEIndependent · IND9101.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–CPI swing
- +6.4%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 26.5%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 20.1%
- Turnout
- — → —