Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Calcutta North West

Asoke Kumar Sen (INC) won by 73,279 votes (29.1%).

Electors
6,29,041
Votes polled
2,57,684
Valid votes
2,51,544
Turnout
41.0%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 29.1% (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%)Flipped vs 1999
Margin · 2004
11.9%(-9.3%)
Turnout
59.0%(-4.0%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
72.3%

Winning margin over time · Calcutta North West

1952195719621967197119771980198419891991199619981999200435%

Candidates

Candidates · Calcutta North West 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Asoke Kumar SenWinnerINC1,44,05557.3%
2Prasanta Kumar SurCPM70,77628.1%
3Hari Pada BharatiBJS34,39713.7%
4Bindu Prasad GuptaIND2,3160.9%

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