GEN · West Bengal
Bankura
Sankar Narayan Singh Deo (INC) won by 25,498 votes (10.4%).
- Electors
- 5,45,829
- Votes polled
- 2,62,110
- Valid votes
- 2,45,812
- Turnout
- 48.0%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 10.4% (median 21.5%). Back to West Bengal · 1971 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Marginal (2–5%)Flipped vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 2.3%(-10.5%)
- Turnout
- 81.3%(+3.8%)
- NOTA
- 1.8%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 88.0%
Winning margin over time · Bankura
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sankar Narayan Singh DeoWinner | INC | 81,144 | 33.0% |
| 2 | Mahadeb Mukherjee | CPM | 55,646 | 22.6% |
| 3 | J . M . Biswas | CPI | 46,723 | 19.0% |
| 4 | Haridas Mistra | BAC | 29,576 | 12.0% |
| 5 | Bose Jyoti Prosad | NCO | 14,662 | 6.0% |
| 6 | Bhutnath Mahanta | HMS | 9,755 | 4.0% |
| 7 | Chitta Bhusan Dasgupta | LSS | 8,306 | 3.4% |
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