Who won Harishchandrapur in the 1971 Assembly election?

MD. ELIAS RAZI of the WPI (WPI) won Harishchandrapur in the 1971 Assembly election with 26,390 votes (54.3% vote share), a margin of 6,949 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

39. Harishchandrapur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1971

WB-HARISHCHANDRAPUR

WPI 54.3%won by 14.3%NCO 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

WPI held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 14.3%.

New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1969.
Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

48,635

Margin

6,949

14.29%

Candidates

5 contested · winner WPI

1MD. ELIAS RAZI WPI · WPI26,39054.3%
2BIRENDRA KUMAR MITRA NCO · NCO19,44140.0%
3BISHNUBRATA BHATTACHARYA Indian National Congress · INC1,4102.9%
4MOHASIN Independent · IND1,1312.3%
5SITARAM BARAI BAC · BAC2630.5%

Since 1969

Derived

Winner then: WPI
Winner now: WPI
WPI–NCO swing: −35.9%
WPI share: 50.2% → 54.3%
NCO share: 0.0% → 40.0%
Turnout: — → —

38. Kharba 40. Patua

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