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Constituency

98. Baruipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BARUIPUR

INC 55.2%won by 13.9%CPM 41.3%

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 13.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 35.3% to 55.2% of the vote here (+19.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 71.4% — 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
55,443
Margin
7,701
13.89%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+14.7%
INC share
35.3% 55.2%
CPM share
36.1% 41.3%
Turnout