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Constituency

19. Rajganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-RAJGANJ

INC 59.3%won by 28.1%CPM 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 28.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 66.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,877
Margin
10,350
28.07%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+23.7%
INC share
35.3% 59.3%
CPM share
30.9% 31.2%
Turnout