Constituency
261. Memari
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-MEMARI
CPM 62.4%won by 28.9%INC 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 28.9%.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
63,075
Margin
18,200
28.85%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1KONAR BENOY KRISHNACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,36662.4%
- 2TUHIN KUMAR SAMANTAIndian National Congress · INC21,16633.6%
- 3JITU MURMOJan Kalyan Party · JKP2,0693.3%
- 4RADHA RAMAN SENNCO · NCO4740.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +11.0%
- CPM share
- 58.7% → 62.4%
- INC share
- 40.8% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- — → —