Constituency
5. Dinhata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-DINHATA
INC 58.5%won by 18.6%FBL 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 18.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 85.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,971
Margin
9,692
18.65%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1JOGESH CHANDRA SARKARIndian National Congress · INC30,40458.5%
- 2KAMAL GUHAFBL · FBL20,71239.9%
- 3RAM CHANDRA SAHAIndependent · IND8551.6%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–FBL swing
- +14.1%
- INC share
- 45.1% → 58.5%
- FBL share
- 40.6% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- — → —