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482. Raiganj

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-RAIGANJ

INC 49.5%won by 21.5%CPM 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 21.5%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.6% of the vote between them, up from 53.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
5,68,200
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
2,97,417
Margin
64,007
21.52%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SIDHARTHA SANKAR RAYIndian National Congress · INC1,47,36049.5%
  2. 2SUBODH SENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM83,35328.0%
  3. 3NIRMAL KUMAR BASUFBL · FBL34,95611.8%
  4. 4MUZAFFAR HUSSAINNCO · NCO18,9626.4%
  5. 5MD. SALIMUDDINPraja Socialist Party · PSP12,7864.3%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−5.4%
INC share
27.0% → 49.5%
CPM share
0.0% → 28.0%
Turnout
53.9% → 52.3%
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