Constituency
235. Chhatna
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-CHHATNA
INC 45.0%won by 26.7%BIB 18.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 26.7%.
- New challengerBIB (BIB) finished second with 18.4% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 92.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
29,764
Margin
7,934
26.66%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1KAMALAKANTA HEMRAMIndian National Congress · INC13,39945.0%
- 2DATTA RABIBIB · BIB5,46518.4%
- 3DEY NIRMALENDUNCO · NCO5,24417.6%
- 4SUDARSON SINGHASOC · SOC3,52811.9%
- 5SUNIL ACHARYASamyukta Socialist Party · SSP1,0943.7%
- 6KISKU SANATANIndependent · IND1,0343.5%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BIB swing
- −17.7%
- INC share
- 44.4% → 45.0%
- BIB share
- 0.0% → 18.4%
- Turnout
- — → —