Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Tamluk

Satis Chandra Samanta (BAC) won by 7,271 votes (1.8%).

Electors
5,52,570
Votes polled
4,08,393
Valid votes
3,93,633
Turnout
73.9%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1971-01-03

Margin vs 1971 national median: 1.8% (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
5.0%(-8.3%)
Turnout
85.2%(+6.6%)
NOTA
0.5%
Top-2 squeeze
92.6%

Winning margin over time · Tamluk

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Candidates

Candidates · Tamluk 1971
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Satis Chandra SamantaWinnerBAC1,42,29436.1%
2Aruna Asaf AliCPI1,35,02334.3%
3Satya Gopal MisraCPM58,87215.0%
4Subodh Chandra MaitiNCO53,45613.6%
5Gobinda BhowmikIND3,9881.0%

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