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484. Malda

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MALDA

CPM 41.9%won by 10.3%INC 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 10.3%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 41.9% of the vote here (+41.9%).
  • 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
4,92,836
Turnout
66.3%
Valid votes
3,26,850
Margin
33,766
10.33%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DINESH CHANDRAJOARDERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,37,07141.9%
  2. 2UMA ROYIndian National Congress · INC1,03,30531.6%
  3. 3AZIMUDDIN SARKERNCO · NCO53,28916.3%
  4. 4SEIKH SIDDIQUECommunist Party of India · CPI33,18510.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+52.0%
CPM share
0.0% → 41.9%
INC share
41.7% → 31.6%
Turnout
65.2% → 66.3%
483. Balurghat485. Jangipur
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