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Constituency

486. Murshidabad

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-MURSHIDABAD

IND 34.4%won by 7.5%IND 26.9%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.1% to 7.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.3% between them, down from 91.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.3% to 54.7%.

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

Electorate
4,98,691
Turnout
54.7%
Valid votes
2,72,605
Margin
20,382
7.48%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
INDIND swing
0.0%
IND share
48.3% 34.4%
IND share
48.3% 34.4%
Turnout
61.0% 54.7%