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Constituency

76. Chakdah

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-CHAKDAH

INC 57.4%won by 14.8%CPM 42.6%

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 14.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 57.4% of the vote here (+57.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.7% — 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
57,720
Margin
8,568
14.84%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+65.7%
INC share
0.0% 57.4%
CPM share
50.9% 42.6%
Turnout