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Constituency

92. Sandeshkhali

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-SANDESHKHALI

INC 53.1%won by 6.1%CPM 46.9%

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 6.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.6% to 53.1% of the vote here (+12.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 81.3% — 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
46,669
Margin
2,859
6.13%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+6.2%
INC share
40.6% 53.1%
CPM share
40.7% 46.9%
Turnout