Constituency
511. Bankura
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BANKURA
INC 33.0%won by 10.4%CPM 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 10.4%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 22.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.6% between them, down from 81.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.7% to 45.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,45,829
Turnout
45.0%
Valid votes
2,45,812
Margin
25,498
10.37%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1SANKAR NARAYAN SINGH DEOIndian National Congress · INC81,14433.0%
- 2MAHADEB MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM55,64622.6%
- 3J . M . BISWASCommunist Party of India · CPI46,72319.0%
- 4HARIDAS MISTRABAC · BAC29,57612.0%
- 5BOSE JYOTI PROSADNCO · NCO14,6626.0%
- 6BHUTNATH MAHANTAHMS · HMS9,7554.0%
- 7CHITTA BHUSAN DASGUPTALSS · LSS8,3063.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- −24.7%
- INC share
- 35.0% → 33.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- 49.8% → 45.0%