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Constituency

82. Barasat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BARASAT

INC 58.2%won by 17.9%FBL 40.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: FBL (FBL) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 58.2% of the vote here (+58.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 66.2% — 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
56,665
Margin
10,153
17.92%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
INCflipped
INCFBL swing
+52.3%
INC share
0.0% 58.2%
FBL share
34.4% 40.3%
Turnout