Constituency
240. Vishnupur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-VISHNUPUR
INC 31.7%won by 3.4%CPM 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BAC (BAC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.4%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.0% between them, down from 87.4% — 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
38,514
Margin
1,315
3.41%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1PHABATARAN CHAKRABORATYIndian National Congress · INC12,20631.7%
- 2KARUNAMOY GOSWAMICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,89128.3%
- 3BIMAL KUMAR SAPKARCommunist Party of India · CPI8,37421.7%
- 4NARAYAN MUKHOPADAYAYNCO · NCO3,4559.0%
- 5SASTHIDAS SARKARBAC · BAC2,0565.3%
- 6BHATTACHARYA TUSHAR KANTIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,5324.0%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- BAC
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −30.4%
- INC share
- 33.8% → 31.7%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —