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Constituency

73. Santipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-SANTIPUR

INC 59.4%won by 18.8%RCI 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: RCI (RCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 39.0% to 59.4% of the vote here (+20.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — 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
45,898
Margin
8,646
18.84%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ASAMANJA DEIndian National Congress · INC27,27259.4%
  2. 2BIMALANANDA MUKHERJEERCI · RCI18,62640.6%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
RCI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCRCI swing
+19.5%
INC share
39.0% 59.4%
RCI share
39.7% 40.6%
Turnout