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Constituency

53. Murshidabad

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-MURSHIDABAD

INC 50.7%won by 11.4%CPM 39.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.2% to 11.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 56.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
43,129
Margin
4,896
11.35%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+9.2%
INC share
29.3% 50.7%
CPM share
27.1% 39.4%
Turnout