Constituency
245. Kulti
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-KULTI
INC 38.9%won by 7.0%CPM 31.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.0%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.7% between them, down from 97.2% — 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
33,013
Margin
2,319
7.02%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1RAMDAS BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC12,82838.9%
- 2CHANDRA SEKHAR MUKHOPADHYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,50931.8%
- 3SOHAN PRASAD VERMABAC · BAC4,27212.9%
- 4CHAKRAVARTY TAARAKNATHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3,67811.1%
- 5KALIPADA MUKHERJINCO · NCO1,3494.1%
- 6APARNA SINGHIndependent · IND3771.1%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −29.4%
- INC share
- 36.5% → 38.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 31.8%
- Turnout
- — → —