Constituency
255. Galsi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-GALSI
CPM 56.6%won by 23.9%BAC 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 23.9%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 56.6% of the vote here (+56.6%).
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 32.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% 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
37,654
Margin
8,985
23.86%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1ANIL ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,29956.6%
- 2MANORANJAN BAKSHIBAC · BAC12,31432.7%
- 3DEB RANJAN SENFBL · FBL2,5986.9%
- 4BAKITIAR MODHAINCO · NCO1,4433.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–BAC swing
- +23.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 56.6%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —