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Constituency

65. Tehatta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-TEHATTA

INC 58.2%won by 18.3%CPM 40.0%

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 18.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 21.4% to 58.2% of the vote here (+36.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 67.9% — 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
47,134
Margin
8,620
18.29%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+43.4%
INC share
21.4% 58.2%
CPM share
46.5% 40.0%
Turnout