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Constituency

28. Raiganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-RAIGANJ

INC 65.8%won by 34.6%CPM 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 34.6%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
43,680
Margin
15,117
34.61%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DUTTA RAMENDRANATHIndian National Congress · INC28,72765.8%
  2. 2MANASH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM13,61031.2%
  3. 3BRAJENDRA CHANDRA ROYSOP · SOP8552.0%
  4. 4NARAYAN CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND3060.7%
  5. 5CHAKRADHAR ROYPBI · PBI1820.4%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+30.5%
INC share
48.4% → 65.8%
CPM share
44.3% → 31.2%
Turnout
— → —
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