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West Bengal Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 41 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
41
Constituencies
Majority
21
Seats needed of 41
Electors
2.26Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.40Cr
61.9% of electors
Median turnout
62.7%
Median of 41 seats
CPI(M) margin
0
Exactly at majority · 21 − 21

[01]Seat matrix

41 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 41 seats: CPI(M) 21, INC 13, CPI 3, BC 1, PSP 1, RSP 1, IND 1. Majority line at 21 seats. Hemicycle of 41 seats: CPI(M) 21, INC 13, CPI 3, BC 1, PSP 1, RSP 1, IND 1. Majority line at 21 seats.
Majority · 21 of 41CPI(M) 21 · at majority
CPI(M) 2151.2% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
INC 1331.7% Indian National Congress
CPI 37.3% Communist Party of India
BC 12.4% Bangla Congress
PSP 12.4% Praja Socialist Party
RSP 12.4% Revolutionary Socialist Party
IND 12.4% Independents

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
CPI(M) 34.3%21 seats · 51.2%
INC 28.2%13 seats · 31.7%
CPI 10.5%3 seats · 7.3%
NCO 7.0%Seats unmatched
BAC 4.0%Seats unmatched
Others 16.0%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • BC1 seat
  • PSP1 seat
  • RSP1 seat
  • IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. CPI(M) converted 34.3% of votes into 51.2% of seats, a seat premium of 16.9 pp.

    21 ÷ 41 = 51.2% · 51.2 − 34.3 = +16.9

  2. CPI polled 10.5% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 3 seats (7.3%).

    3 ÷ 41 = 7.3% · 7.3 − 10.5 = −3.2

  3. Ghatal was decided by 1,322 votes, the closest of 41 seats; Ausgram had the widest margin, 90,912.

    min / max of margin over 41 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 4 seats were won by a margin under 1%; CPI(M) won 3 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 4 of 41 · CPI(M) 3

  5. In SC-reserved seats CPI(M) won 5 of 8 (62.5%), against 51.2% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 8 = 62.5% · 21 ÷ 41 = 51.2%

  6. Turnout ran from 41.0% in Calcutta North West to 74.7% in Mathurapur; the median seat polled 62.7%.

    min / median / max over 41 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

41 of 41 seats carry a turnout
025507510062.7%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 49.8% of seats
50–60 1331.7% of seats
60–70 1639.0% of seats
70–80 819.5% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestCalcutta North West41.0%
  • HighestMathurapur74.7%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

41 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Lok Sabha 1971, all 41 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
37 Burdwan Chatterjee Somnath Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,59,065 64,080 17.9 62.2
457 Cooch BeharSC Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury Indian National Congress 3,59,788 70,604 19.6 63.6
458 JalpaiguriST Tuna Oraon Indian National Congress 3,06,173 52,967 17.3 62.7
459 Darjeeling Ratanlall Brahman Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,68,931 12,277 4.6 53.5
460 Raiganj Sidhartha Sankar Ray Indian National Congress 3,11,567 64,007 20.5 54.8
461 BalurghatSC Rasendra Nath Barman Indian National Congress 3,49,541 85,278 24.4 70.4
462 Malda Dinesh Chandrajoarder Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,40,623 33,766 9.9 69.1
463 Jangipur Lutfal Haque Indian National Congress 3,17,319 49,356 15.6 57.0
464 Murshidabad Chowdhury Abu Taleb Independent 2,87,999 20,382 7.1 57.8
465 Berhampore Tridib Choudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party 3,12,302 10,757 3.4 58.0
466 Krishnanagar Renupada Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,12,342 33,631 10.8 62.1
467 NabadwipSC Bibha Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,91,659 10,600 2.7 68.0
468 Barasat Ranendra Nath Sen Communist Party of India 3,49,894 9,239 2.6 64.1
469 Basirhat A. K. M. Ishaque Indian National Congress 3,23,367 54,910 17.0 60.2
470 JoynagarSC Sakti Kumar Sarkar Indian National Congress 3,93,696 74,236 18.9 70.2
471 MathurapurSC Madhurjya Haldar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,31,325 1,585 0.4 74.7
472 Diamond Harbour Jyotirmoy Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,96,845 73,336 18.5 69.7
473 Alipore Indrajit Gupta Communist Party of India 3,68,717 26,958 7.3 57.4
474 Barrackpore Md. Ismail Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5,22,103 83,775 16.0 68.7
475 Calcutta North West Asoke Kumar Sen Indian National Congress 2,57,684 73,279 28.4 41.0
476 Calcutta North East Hiren Mukherjee Communist Party of India 2,92,503 2,291 0.8 54.3
477 Calcutta South Priya Ranjandas Munsi Indian National Congress 2,96,088 22,039 7.4 59.0
478 Howrah Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,30,787 25,042 7.6 55.2
479 Uluberia Shyamaprasanna Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,96,925 52,720 13.3 71.9
480 Serampore Dinendra Nath Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,60,050 62,458 17.3 65.3
481 Hooghly Bijoy Krishna Modak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4,41,659 31,471 7.1 70.0
482 Arambagh Manoranjan Hazra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,54,073 22,220 6.3 67.7
483 GhatalCLOSEST Jagadish Bhattacharyya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,72,171 1,322 0.4 73.1
484 Tamluk Satis Chandra Samanta Bangla Congress 4,08,393 7,271 1.8 73.9
485 Contai Samar Guha Praja Socialist Party 3,60,838 70,359 19.5 67.5
486 Midnapore Subodh Chandra Hansda Indian National Congress 3,64,697 22,009 6.0 68.9
487 JhargramST Amiya Kumar Kisku Indian National Congress 3,59,606 14,693 4.1 68.1
488 Purulia Debendra Nath Mahata Indian National Congress 2,63,046 76,043 28.9 48.8
489 Bankura Sankar Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress 2,62,110 25,498 9.7 48.0
490 VishnupurSC Ajit Kumar Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,16,885 2,460 0.8 59.1
491 AusgramSCWIDEST Halder Krishna Chandra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,63,981 90,912 25.0 57.9
492 Asansol Robin Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,80,338 33,660 12.0 51.6
493 Burdwan Somnath Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,72,040 64,080 17.2 64.4
494 Katwa Saroj Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 3,82,733 68,487 17.9 72.2
495 Bolpur Saradish Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,70,782 36,625 13.5 52.8
496 BirbhumSC Gadadhar Saha Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2,15,720 8,385 3.9 43.9
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 90,912 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · West Bengal · 41 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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