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Constituency

63. Bharatpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BHARATPUR

INC 55.9%won by 13.2%CPM 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 24.5% to 55.9% of the vote here (+31.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 59.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,696
Margin
5,496
13.18%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+24.1%
INC share
24.5% 55.9%
CPM share
35.4% 42.7%
Turnout