Constituency
515. Burdwan
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-BURDWAN
CPM 56.7%won by 17.8%INC 38.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 17.8%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 56.7% of the vote here (+56.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.6% of the vote between them, up from 89.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.8% to 62.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,77,512
Turnout
62.2%
Valid votes
3,59,065
Margin
64,080
17.85%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1CHATTERJEE SOMNATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,03,64556.7%
- 2BHOLANATH SENIndian National Congress · INC1,39,56538.9%
- 3DASARATHI TAHNCO · NCO15,8554.4%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +56.2%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 56.7%
- INC share
- 38.3% → 38.9%
- Turnout
- 56.4% → 62.2%