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Constituency

510. Purulia

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

IN-PURULIA

INC 51.8%won by 30.2%LSS 21.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 30.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 33.3% to 51.8% of the vote here (+18.5%).
  • New challengerLSS (LSS) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.4% between them, down from 78.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.2% to 46.6%.

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

Electorate
5,39,571
Turnout
46.6%
Valid votes
2,51,453
Margin
76,043
30.24%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCLSS swing
−3.1%
INC share
33.3% 51.8%
LSS share
0.0% 21.6%
Turnout
51.8% 46.6%