Election
Constituency

64. Karimpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KARIMPUR

INC 61.0%won by 25.5%CPM 35.5%

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 25.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.6% to 61.0% of the vote here (+37.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.3% — 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
45,187
Margin
11,538
25.53%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+49.6%
INC share
23.6% 61.0%
CPM share
47.6% 35.5%
Turnout