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214. Dantan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-DANTAN

CPI 31.9%won by 0.6%NCO 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 0.6%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 31.9% of the vote here (+31.9%).
  • New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% 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
49,373
Margin
277
0.56%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1PULIN BEHARI TRIPATHYCommunist Party of India · CPI15,77231.9%
  2. 2PRADYOT KUMAR MAHANTINCO · NCO15,49531.4%
  3. 3DAS NIRMALENDUIndian National Congress · INC8,41917.1%
  4. 4NAYAR CHAND SANTRABAC · BAC4,6079.3%
  5. 5KESHAB PARIARIIndependent · IND3,8417.8%
  6. 6NABA KUDAR HANSDAJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,2392.5%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BAC
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPI–NCO swing
+0.6%
CPI share
0.0% → 31.9%
NCO share
0.0% → 31.4%
Turnout
— → —
213. Narayangarh215. Keshiari
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