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BBC?

So, I have a problem with the result as it is presented by the Election Commission of India website (https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3186-west-bengal-1971/). There is a label "BBC", in the acronyms list stated as "BHARATER BIPLABI COMMUNIST PARTY", presumably being the Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore). BBC is listed as having three candidates and one elected MLA, Prayag Mandal from Indpur. However, it appears from various sources that Mandal belonged to the Biplobi Bangla Congress (usually known as "BBC", but assigned "BIB" by ECI in this election result). So I'd like to go ahead and treat this candidate as a Biplobi Bangla Congress candidate. However, what about the other BBC and BIB candidates? Shall we assume ECI mixed them up altogether? --Soman (talk) 13:06, 8 June 2020 (UTC)