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Constituency

227. Para

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-PARA

INC 38.6%won by 13.4%SUC 25.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 33.8% to 38.6% of the vote here (+4.8%).
  • New challengerSUC (SUC) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.8% between them, down from 78.0% — 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
27,690
Margin
3,702
13.37%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
BAC
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSUC swing
−20.4%
INC share
33.8% 38.6%
SUC share
0.0% 25.2%
Turnout