Constituency
258. Khandaghosh
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-KHANDAGHOSH
CPM 51.3%won by 11.8%INC 39.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 11.8%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 51.3% of the vote here (+51.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.7% between them, down from 97.7% — 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
44,622
Margin
5,283
11.84%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1PURNA CHANDRA MALICKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,87151.3%
- 2MANORANJAN PRAMANIKIndian National Congress · INC17,58839.4%
- 3MALLICK PRABIR KUMARRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP2,4035.4%
- 4DHIBAR PRAMATHANATHNCO · NCO7531.7%
- 5BIMALA KANTA MALICKBAC · BAC6881.5%
- 6GOBARDHAN PAKRAYSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP3190.7%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- SSP
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +42.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 51.3%
- INC share
- 30.8% → 39.4%
- Turnout
- — → —