Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Joynagar

Sakti Kumar Sarkar (INC) won by 74,236 votes (19.4%).

Electors
5,61,119
Votes polled
3,93,696
Valid votes
3,81,983
Turnout
70.2%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 19.4% (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.

Safe (20%+)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
32.0%(+8.4%)
Turnout
80.4%(+5.3%)
NOTA
0.7%
Top-2 squeeze
89.6%

Winning margin over time · Joynagar

196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202432%

Candidates

Candidates · Joynagar 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sakti Kumar SarkarWinnerINC1,58,94341.6%
2Nirmal Kumar SinhaCPM84,70722.2%
3Chittaranjan RoySUC76,42320.0%
4Santosh KayalRSP41,00110.7%
5Ranabir BarmanIND14,3053.7%
6Haripada MandalBAC6,6041.7%

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