Constituency
247. Asansol
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-ASANSOL
CPM 44.7%won by 1.8%CPI 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.8% to 1.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.7% between them, down from 96.9% — 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
42,631
Margin
758
1.78%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1LOKESH GHOSECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,06344.7%
- 2NIRANJAN DIHIDARCommunist Party of India · CPI18,30542.9%
- 3G. R. MITRANCO · NCO5,26312.3%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–CPI swing
- −54.1%
- CPM share
- 55.8% → 44.7%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- — → —