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Constituency

246. Barabani

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-BARABANI

CPM 48.6%won by 15.2%INC 33.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.5% to 15.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,545
Margin
6,334
15.25%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−7.3%
CPM share
61.3% 48.6%
INC share
38.7% 33.4%
Turnout