SC · West Bengal
Cooch Behar
Benoy Krishna Daschowdhury (INC) won by 70,604 votes (20.3%).
- Electors
- 5,65,683
- Votes polled
- 3,59,788
- Valid votes
- 3,47,758
- Turnout
- 63.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 20.3% (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
- 2.4%(-1.1%)
- Turnout
- 82.5%(-7.8%)
- NOTA
- 1.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 95.6%
Winning margin over time · Cooch Behar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benoy Krishna DaschowdhuryWinner | INC | 1,50,869 | 43.4% |
| 2 | Nagendra Nath Roy | CPM | 80,265 | 23.1% |
| 3 | Amarendranath Roy Prodhan | FBL | 77,090 | 22.2% |
| 4 | Prasenjit Barman | NCO | 34,874 | 10.0% |
| 5 | Rabindranath Sarker | IND | 4,660 | 1.3% |
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