Constituency
498. Calcutta North East
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-EAST
CPI 40.3%won by 0.8%CPM 39.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.1% to 0.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.9% of the vote between them, up from 71.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 10.7% to 52.1%.
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Electorate
5,38,997
Turnout
52.1%
Valid votes
2,80,659
Margin
2,291
0.82%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPI- 1HIREN MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI1,13,23040.3%
- 2PIYUS KANTI DAS GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,10,93939.5%
- 3BALAI CHANDRA PAULNCO · NCO56,49020.1%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- −8.6%
- CPI share
- 37.8% → 40.3%
- CPM share
- 28.4% → 39.5%
- Turnout
- 62.8% → 52.1%