Election
Constituency

280. Murarai

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-MURARAI

SUC 53.7%won by 38.1%INC 15.7%

What changed here

Derived

SUC held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 38.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.4% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatSUC won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
30,355
Margin
11,551
38.05%

Candidates

5 contested · winner SUC
  1. 1BAZLE AHMADSUC · SUC16,31053.7%
  2. 2MD. MANSURAL HAGUEIndian National Congress · INC4,75915.7%
  3. 3ALAMNURUL HODA AKHTARBAC · BAC4,56015.0%
  4. 4DURGADAS GHOSHIndependent · IND4,30214.2%
  5. 5YUNUS ALINCO · NCO4241.4%

Since 1969

Derived
Winner then
SUC
Winner now
SUC
SUC–INC swing
+27.5%
SUC share
54.1% → 53.7%
INC share
43.6% → 15.7%
Turnout
— → —
279. Nalhati
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