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Constituency

34. Balurghat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BALURGHAT

INC 54.1%won by 10.0%RSP 44.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 10.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 88.2% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
53,423
Margin
5,368
10.05%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIRESWAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC28,89454.1%
  2. 2BASU MUKULRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP23,52644.0%
  3. 3SINGH NAKULJan Kalyan Party · JKP3950.7%
  4. 4BIREM MAHATOPBI · PBI3700.7%
  5. 5ASUTOSH GHOSEIndependent · IND2380.4%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–RSP swing
+6.1%
INC share
46.1% → 54.1%
RSP share
42.1% → 44.0%
Turnout
— → —
33. Kumarganj35. Tapan
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