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Constituency

271. Labhpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-LABHPUR

CPM 50.3%won by 27.7%BAC 22.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.2% to 27.7%.

  • New challengerBAC (BAC) finished second with 22.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% between them, down from 94.0% — the field split more ways.

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
30,876
Margin
8,540
27.66%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUNIL MAZUMDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM15,53650.3%
  2. 2SASANKA SEKHAR BUJBAC · BAC6,99622.7%
  3. 3SISIR KUMAR DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC5,27117.1%
  4. 4ANITA MUKHERJEESUC · SUC2,0236.6%
  5. 5SUKHENDRA KUMAR ROYNCO · NCO1,0503.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–BAC swing
−25.0%
CPM share
52.6% → 50.3%
BAC share
0.0% → 22.7%
Turnout
— → —
270. Bolpur272. Dubrajpur
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