Constituency
41. Malda
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-MALDA
INC 62.7%won by 25.5%CPM 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.3% to 25.5%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 67.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
43,706
Margin
11,134
25.47%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INCSince 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +13.2%
- INC share
- 39.9% → 62.7%
- CPM share
- 27.6% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- — → —