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Constituency

264. Manteswar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-MANTESWAR

CPM 57.1%won by 23.2%INC 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 23.0% to 23.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.0% between them, down from 97.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,085
Margin
12,078
23.19%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+0.2%
CPM share
60.1% 57.1%
INC share
37.1% 33.9%
Turnout