Constituency
256. Burdwan North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1971
WB-BURDWAN-NORTH
CPM 62.7%won by 28.7%INC 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.2% to 28.7%.
- 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
54,171
Margin
15,524
28.66%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1DEBABRATA DATTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM33,95462.7%
- 2JIBAN KRISHNA BISWASIndian National Congress · INC18,43034.0%
- 3MAHAMMAD IDRISH MONDALFBL · FBL1,3592.5%
- 4AJIT KUMAR MAJUMDARNCO · NCO4280.8%
Since 1969
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +1.4%
- CPM share
- 60.9% → 62.7%
- INC share
- 33.7% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —