<p>Shampukur Assembly seat had the dubious distinction of being the lone seat in West Bengal in 1971 where the elections were countermanded twice due to the murder of candidates.</p>.<p>It was the time that Bengal was witnessing a wave of violence of unprecedented magnitude.</p>.<p>First, Forward Bloc’s Hemanta Kumar Basu was killed on February 20, 1971.</p>.<p>Ajit Kumar Biswas replaced him and he too was killed on May 28, necessitating a second countermand of the poll in the constituency</p>
<p>Shampukur Assembly seat had the dubious distinction of being the lone seat in West Bengal in 1971 where the elections were countermanded twice due to the murder of candidates.</p>.<p>It was the time that Bengal was witnessing a wave of violence of unprecedented magnitude.</p>.<p>First, Forward Bloc’s Hemanta Kumar Basu was killed on February 20, 1971.</p>.<p>Ajit Kumar Biswas replaced him and he too was killed on May 28, necessitating a second countermand of the poll in the constituency</p>
