Constituency
26. Goalpokhar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-GOALPOKHAR
INC 54.2%won by 17.6%MUL 36.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.9% to 17.6%.
- New challengerMUL (MUL) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.8% of the vote between them, up from 64.6% — 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
28,645
Margin
5,042
17.60%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SHEIKH SHARAFAT HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC15,52754.2%
- 2NIZAMUDDINMUL · MUL10,48536.6%
- 3MOHAMMED SALIMUDDINSOP · SOP2,6339.2%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–MUL swing
- −17.1%
- INC share
- 34.7% → 54.2%
- MUL share
- 0.0% → 36.6%
- Turnout
- — → —