Constituency
267. Mangalkot
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-MANGALKOT
CPM 62.0%won by 25.8%BAC 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 26.2% to 25.8%.
- New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1969.
- 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
46,443
Margin
12,000
25.84%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1NIKHILANANDA SARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,81462.0%
- 2KENARAM PANJABAC · BAC16,81436.2%
- 3MADAN MOHAN CHOUDHURYNCO · NCO8151.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–BAC swing
- −37.3%
- CPM share
- 63.1% → 62.0%
- BAC share
- 0.0% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —