Constituency
257. Burdwan South
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-BURDWAN-SOUTH
CPM 50.1%won by 2.3%INC 47.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.9% to 2.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
56,409
Margin
1,272
2.25%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPMSince 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −8.7%
- CPM share
- 55.5% → 50.1%
- INC share
- 44.5% → 47.8%
- Turnout
- — → —