Constituency
244. Hirapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-HIRAPUR
CPM 45.2%won by 18.1%CPI 27.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.6% to 18.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
41,192
Margin
7,460
18.11%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1BAMAPADA MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,60345.2%
- 2NITISH SETTCommunist Party of India · CPI11,14327.1%
- 3UPASHAYA MIHIRIndian National Congress · INC9,94524.1%
- 4GANGULI RANJITNCO · NCO1,1442.8%
- 5AGRAWALA SATYANARAINBAC · BAC3570.9%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–CPI swing
- −39.7%
- CPM share
- 57.8% → 45.2%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 27.1%
- Turnout
- — → —