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Constituency

97. Joynagar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-JOYNAGAR

INC 51.6%won by 3.2%SUC 48.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: SUC (SUC) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.8% to 51.6% of the vote here (+10.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.0% — 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
57,515
Margin
1,835
3.19%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PROSUN GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC29,67551.6%
  2. 2SUBODH BANERJEESUC · SUC27,84048.4%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
SUC
Winner now
INCflipped
INCSUC swing
+3.6%
INC share
40.8% 51.6%
SUC share
41.2% 48.4%
Turnout