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Constituency

500. Howrah

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-HOWRAH

CPM 47.7%won by 7.9%INC 39.8%

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 7.9%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 35.5% to 47.7% of the vote here (+12.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.5% of the vote between them, up from 82.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 13.2% to 52.8%.

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

Electorate
5,99,034
Turnout
52.8%
Valid votes
3,16,410
Margin
25,042
7.91%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+19.1%
CPM share
35.5% 47.7%
INC share
46.7% 39.8%
Turnout
66.0% 52.8%