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Constituency

243. Sonamukhi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-SONAMUKHI

CPM 38.8%won by 2.9%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.8% to 2.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.8% between them, down from 96.4% — 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
38,868
Margin
1,112
2.86%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−16.9%
CPM share
58.1% 38.8%
INC share
38.3% 36.0%
Turnout