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Constituency

102. Behala East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BEHALA-EAST

INC 60.7%won by 21.4%CPM 39.3%

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 21.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.3% to 60.7% of the vote here (+17.4%).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
47,672
Margin
10,206
21.41%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1INDRAJIT MAJUMDERIndian National Congress · INC28,93960.7%
  2. 2NIRAJAN MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,73339.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+30.5%
INC share
43.3% → 60.7%
CPM share
52.4% → 39.3%
Turnout
— → —
101. Jadhavpur103. Behala West
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