Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Birbhum

Gadadhar Saha (CPM) won by 8,385 votes (4.1%).

Electors
4,91,845
Votes polled
2,15,720
Valid votes
2,03,890
Turnout
43.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 4.1% (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.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
13.1%(+6.9%)
Turnout
82.3%(-9.0%)
NOTA
0.9%
Top-2 squeeze
81.8%

Winning margin over time · Birbhum

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202426%

Candidates

Candidates · Birbhum 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Gadadhar SahaWinnerCPM80,71239.6%
2Kanai SahaINC72,32735.5%
3Sankar BauriFBL40,17619.7%
4Sristi Dhar JoshNCO10,6755.2%

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