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225. Jaipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-JAIPUR

INC 50.0%won by 35.4%BAC 14.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 35.4%.

  • New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 14.6% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 76.3% — 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
30,583
Margin
10,838
35.44%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMKRISHNA MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC15,30050.0%
  2. 2BHARAT CHANDRA BHANDARIBAC · BAC4,46214.6%
  3. 3ASHOKE CHOUDHURYLSS · LSS3,84512.6%
  4. 4CHAKRADHAR MAHATOPraja Socialist Party · PSP3,77812.4%
  5. 5PHANI MAHATONCO · NCO2,7228.9%
  6. 6HARI PADA RAJWARIndependent · IND4761.6%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BAC swing
−2.9%
INC share
38.3% → 50.0%
BAC share
0.0% → 14.6%
Turnout
— → —
224. Jhalda226. Purulia
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