Constituency
229. Kashipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-KASHIPUR
INC 38.5%won by 16.4%CPI 22.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 30.3% to 38.5% of the vote here (+8.2%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.6% between them, down from 91.9% — 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
29,993
Margin
4,929
16.43%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1MADAN MOHAN MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC11,55238.5%
- 2PRAMATHA MANDALCommunist Party of India · CPI6,62322.1%
- 3BASUDEB ACHARIACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM6,49221.6%
- 4SISIR KUMAR BANDOPADHYAYBAC · BAC2,2427.5%
- 5BUDHAN MAJHINCO · NCO1,5795.3%
- 6LADU MAKHILSS · LSS1,5055.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPI swing
- +47.8%
- INC share
- 30.3% → 38.5%
- CPI share
- 61.6% → 22.1%
- Turnout
- — → —