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Constituency

268. Ketugram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-KETUGRAM

CPM 43.4%won by 2.2%INC 41.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.5% to 2.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
42,392
Margin
926
2.18%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−11.3%
CPM share
56.7% 43.4%
INC share
43.3% 41.2%
Turnout