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483. Balurghat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-BALURGHAT

INC 47.6%won by 25.4%CPM 22.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.3% to 25.4%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.8% between them, down from 84.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 5.7% to 67.7%.

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

Electorate
4,96,362
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
3,36,050
Margin
85,278
25.38%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RASENDRA NATH BARMANIndian National Congress · INC1,59,89647.6%
  2. 2PIJUSH KANTI DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM74,61822.2%
  3. 3PALASH BARMANRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP54,61216.3%
  4. 4BISWAS JIABIN KRISHNACommunist Party of India · CPI35,14010.5%
  5. 5JATINDRA NATH PRAMANIKNCO · NCO11,7843.5%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+17.1%
INC share
46.1% → 47.6%
CPM share
37.8% → 22.2%
Turnout
62.0% → 67.7%
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