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Constituency

503. Hooghly

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-HOOGHLY

CPM 47.5%won by 7.4%INC 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 7.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.3% to 67.7%.

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

Electorate
6,30,767
Turnout
67.7%
Valid votes
4,26,960
Margin
31,471
7.37%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+4.9%
CPM share
51.2% 47.5%
INC share
48.8% 40.1%
Turnout
71.0% 67.7%