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State:	West Bengal
Constituency:	Vishnupur (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	851257
Winner: CPM	Sandhya Bauri	480777
Runner Up: INC	Ashis Rajak	214931
Margin: 265846 (32.15%)

Ajit Kumar Saha managed to break the Congress hold over this seat in 1971 and held on this seat for the CPI-M for four consecutive terms. Sukhendu Khan did likewise in the next two elections. In 1996, Sandhya Bauri did likewise, defeating the Congress's Ashis Rajak by 366,000 votes.