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Constituency

94. Basanti

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BASANTI

INC 50.8%won by 6.1%RSP 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 6.0% to 6.1%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Rashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 56.9% — 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
52,882
Margin
3,223
6.09%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCRSP swing
−3.3%
INC share
31.5% 50.8%
RSP share
22.0% 44.7%
Turnout