Constituency
236. Gangajalghati
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-GANGAJALGHATI
CPM 48.5%won by 18.6%INC 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 18.6%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 48.5% of the vote here (+48.5%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.5% between them, down from 96.0% — 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
35,774
Margin
6,641
18.56%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1BAUSI KALIPADACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,36048.5%
- 2SAKTIPADA MAJIIndian National Congress · INC10,71930.0%
- 3NABADURGA MANDALBAC · BAC5,96416.7%
- 4KAMAKHYA BAURINCO · NCO1,7314.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +60.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 48.5%
- INC share
- 41.4% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —