Constituency
492. Joynagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-JOYNAGAR
INC 41.6%won by 19.4%CPM 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 35.8% to 41.6% of the vote here (+5.8%).
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 22.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.8% between them, down from 79.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
5,61,119
Turnout
68.1%
Valid votes
3,81,983
Margin
74,236
19.43%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1SAKTI KUMAR SARKARIndian National Congress · INC1,58,94341.6%
- 2NIRMAL KUMAR SINHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM84,70722.2%
- 3CHITTARANJAN ROYSUC · SUC76,42320.0%
- 4SANTOSH KAYALRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP41,00110.7%
- 5RANABIR BARMANIndependent · IND14,3053.7%
- 6HARIPADA MANDALBAC · BAC6,6041.7%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −16.4%
- INC share
- 35.8% → 41.6%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- 68.2% → 68.1%