State board · Lok Sabha

Tripura Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 2 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateTripura

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 2

Electors

7.04L

On the roll

Votes polled

4.28L

60.8% of electors

Median turnout

60.8%

Median of 2 seats

CPI(M) margin

Exactly at majority · 2 − 2

[01]Seat matrix

2 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 2 of 2CPI(M) 2 · at majority

CPI(M) 2100.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

State level, as published

CPI(M) 43.5%2 seats · 100.0%

INC 36.3%0 seats

CPI 6.8%0 seats

BJS 0.5%0 seats

Others 12.9%0 seats · 0.0%

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

CPI(M) converted 43.5% of votes into 100.0% of seats, a seat premium of 56.5 pp.
2 ÷ 2 = 100.0% · 100.0 − 43.5 = +56.5
INC polled 36.3% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).
0 ÷ 2 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 36.3 = −36.3
Tripura West was decided by 8,238 votes, the closest of 2 seats; Tripura East had the widest margin, 21,442.
min / max of margin over 2 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 58.9% in Tripura West to 62.7% in Tripura East; the median seat polled 60.8%.
min / median / max over 2 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

2 of 2 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 150.0% of seats

60–70 150.0% of seats

70–80 00.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestTripura West58.9%
HighestTripura East62.7%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

2 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Tripura Lok Sabha 1971, all 2 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
517	Tripura WestCLOSEST	Biren Dutta	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,02,087	8,238	4.1	58.9
518	Tripura EastSTWIDEST	Dasaratha Deb	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,26,116	21,442	9.5	62.7

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 21,442 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Tripura · 2 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database