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Constituency

261. Memari

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-MEMARI

CPM 62.4%won by 28.9%INC 33.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 28.9%.

  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
63,075
Margin
18,200
28.85%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1KONAR BENOY KRISHNACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,36662.4%
  2. 2TUHIN KUMAR SAMANTAIndian National Congress · INC21,16633.6%
  3. 3JITU MURMOJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,0693.3%
  4. 4RADHA RAMAN SENNCO · NCO4740.8%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+11.0%
CPM share
58.7% → 62.4%
INC share
40.8% → 33.6%
Turnout
— → —
260. Jamalpur262. Kalna
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