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11. Old Agartala

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Tripura Assembly Election, 1972

TR-OLD-AGARTALA

INC 56.8%won by 32.1%CPM 24.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.2% to 32.1%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
8,981
Margin
2,881
32.08%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SAILESH CHANDRA SOMEIndian National Congress · INC5,09856.8%
  2. 2JAGADISH CHANDRA DEYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,21724.7%
  3. 3KARTIK K. BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND1,07011.9%
  4. 4CHANDRAMANI DEB BARMATUS · TUS5205.8%
  5. 5BISWESHAR NATHIndependent · IND760.8%

Since 1967

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−22.5%
INC share
54.6% → 56.8%
CPM share
0.0% → 24.7%
Turnout
— → —
10. Agartala Town I I12. Maulishpur
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