Constituency
9. Kumargram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-KUMARGRAM
INC 67.9%won by 35.8%CPM 32.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.8% to 35.8%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 65.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
37,576
Margin
13,454
35.80%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INCSince 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +13.0%
- INC share
- 43.9% → 67.9%
- CPM share
- 21.1% → 32.1%
- Turnout
- — → —