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Constituency

21. Darjeeling

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-DARJEELING

IGL 45.3%won by 16.6%IND 28.8%

What changed here

Derived

IGL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.2% to 16.6%.

  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.8% — it did not contest here in 1971.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
32,932
Margin
5,457
16.57%

Candidates

5 contested · winner IGL
  1. 1DEO PRAKASH RAIIGL · IGL14,93345.3%
  2. 2G.S. GURUNGIndependent · IND9,47628.8%
  3. 3P.P. RAIIndian National Congress · INC7,33122.3%
  4. 4THAKUR PRASADIndependent · IND7892.4%
  5. 5GUMAN SINGH CHAMLINGIndependent · IND4031.2%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
IGL
Winner now
IGL
IGL–IND swing
−30.0%
IGL share
46.6% → 45.3%
IND share
0.0% → 28.8%
Turnout
— → —
20. Kailmpong22. Jore Bungalow
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