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494. Diamond Harbour

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-DIAMOND-HARBOUR

CPM 53.4%won by 19.1%INC 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.5% to 19.1%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.8% to 67.5%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
5,69,286
Turnout
67.5%
Valid votes
3,84,197
Margin
73,336
19.09%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1JYOTIRMOY BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,04,98753.4%
  2. 2AMBAR PROSAD BANDOPADHAYAIndian National Congress · INC1,31,65134.3%
  3. 3AZIZ SHAIKIndependent · IND24,7276.4%
  4. 4ALISUP RAHAMANFBL · FBL15,4194.0%
  5. 5SUDHANSU BHUSAN DASNCO · NCO7,4131.9%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+0.6%
CPM share
51.1% → 53.4%
INC share
32.6% → 34.3%
Turnout
72.3% → 67.5%
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