Election
Constituency

27. Karandighi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KARANDIGHI

INC 48.9%won by 4.6%IND 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.2% to 4.6%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from FBL (FBL) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 72.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
39,875
Margin
1,819
4.56%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HAJI SAJJAD HUSSAINIndian National Congress · INC19,50048.9%
  2. 2SINGHA SURESH CHANDRAIndependent · IND17,68144.3%
  3. 3CHOUDHURY GOLAM RASUNSOP · SOP1,4353.6%
  4. 4NISHI KANTA SINGHAIndependent · IND7171.8%
  5. 5DEV SARKAR ANILIndependent · IND5421.4%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–IND swing
−39.6%
INC share
47.0% → 48.9%
IND share
2.8% → 44.3%
Turnout
— → —
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