Constituency
14. Dhupguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-DHUPGURI
INC 57.4%won by 22.4%SOP 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 22.4%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 35.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.4% of the vote between them, up from 57.6% — 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
39,501
Margin
8,860
22.43%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1BHAWANI PAULIndian National Congress · INC22,67057.4%
- 2NISHITH NATH BHOWMIKSOP · SOP13,81035.0%
- 3BIMAL C. BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND2,3265.9%
- 4MANGA MUNDAIndependent · IND6951.8%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- −6.6%
- INC share
- 29.0% → 57.4%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- — → —