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Constituency

224. Jhalda

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-JHALDA

INC 46.6%won by 15.6%FBL 31.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.1% to 15.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.6% 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
39,824
Margin
6,218
15.61%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCFBL swing
+12.5%
INC share
51.5% 46.6%
FBL share
48.5% 31.0%
Turnout