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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

279 seats · vs 1969 (280-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971 · 17 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 113 seatsIndian National Congress — 105 seatsCommunist Party of India — 13 seatsIndependent — 12 seatsSUC — 7 seatsBAC — 5 seatsFBL — 3 seats10 other parties — 21 seats140279of 279 seats
  • CPM113
  • INC105
  • CPI13
  • IND12
  • SUC7
  • BAC5
  • FBL3
  • Others21

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)11341%42,41,55732.9%241
INCIndian National Congress10538%37,67,31429.2%239
CPICommunist Party of India135%10,91,5788.5%110
INDIndependent124%8,25,3066.4%208
SUCSUC73%2,04,7111.6%24
BACBAC52%6,95,3765.4%137
FBLFBL31%3,74,1412.9%52
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party31%2,64,3232.0%40
PSPPraja Socialist Party31%1,47,1761.1%20
RCIRCI31%46,1530.4%7
NCONCO21%7,23,2295.6%219
JKPJan Kalyan Party21%80,5430.6%23
WPIWPI21%62,9270.5%3
MFBMFB21%50,9740.4%3
IGLIGL21%38,3800.3%3
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh10%1,05,2510.8%23
BBCBharatiya Bahujan Congress10%16,3840.1%3

+ 9 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 140

1971 · selected
Majority 140
CPM113INC105CPI13IND12SUC7BAC5FBL3RSP3PSP3RCI3+7 more · 12 seats
1969 · previous
Majority 141

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1969 → 1971

1969 1971· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
20.0
32.9
41.3
29.2
7.0
8.5
3.6
6.4
8.2
5.4
5.0
2.9
0.0
5.6
CPMINCCPIINDBACFBLNCO

Seat change

1971 seats minus 1969 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
80 → 113
+33
INC
55 → 105
+50
CPI
30 → 13
−17
IND
11 → 12
+1
SUC
7 → 7
0
BAC
33 → 5
−28
FBL
21 → 3
−18
RSP
12 → 3
−9
PSP
5 → 3
−2
RCI
2 → 3
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1969 → 1971

share lostshare gained
CPM
20.0% → 32.9%
+12.9%
NCO
0.0% → 5.6%
+5.6%
IND
3.6% → 6.4%
+2.8%
CPI
7.0% → 8.5%
+1.5%
JKP
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
LSS
0.7% → 0.4%
−0.3%
RSP
2.8% → 2.0%
−0.8%
NDF
0.9% → 0.0%
−0.9%
LKD
1.0% → 0.0%
−1.0%
SSP
1.9% → 0.5%
−1.3%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1969 → 1971. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Arambagh
+91.5%
Galsi
+90.5%
Panchla
+80.6%
Bongaon
+80.5%
Chakdah
+79.7%
Panchla
+77.9%
Khajuri
+77.3%
Entally
+77.3%
Bolpur
+76.8%
Dhakuria
+75.7%
Bagdaha
+75.3%
Bhatar
+75.0%

Closest races · 1971

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1971

279 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1969