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505. Ghatal

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-GHATAL

CPM 35.7%won by 0.4%INC 35.3%

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 0.4%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 25.5% to 35.7% of the vote here (+10.2%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,322 votes (0.37%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
5,09,019
Turnout
70.6%
Valid votes
3,59,456
Margin
1,322
0.37%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1JAGADISH BHATTACHARYYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,28,36635.7%
  2. 2PARIHAL GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC1,27,04435.3%
  3. 3KAR PRABHATCommunist Party of India · CPI62,82417.5%
  4. 4SURENDRA NATH GHORAIBAC · BAC20,5135.7%
  5. 5RAMDAS RAMANUJ DAS MAHANTANCO · NCO16,4034.6%
  6. 6GOBARDHAN DEVIndependent · IND4,3061.2%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+16.5%
CPM share
25.5% → 35.7%
INC share
41.6% → 35.3%
Turnout
70.0% → 70.6%
504. Arambagh506. Tamluk
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