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Constituency

103. Behala West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BEHALA-WEST

CPI 51.5%won by 3.1%CPM 48.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 3.1%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 43.1% to 51.5% of the vote here (+8.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 94.0% — 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
61,963
Margin
1,915
3.09%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPICPM swing
+11.0%
CPI share
43.1% 51.5%
CPM share
51.0% 48.5%
Turnout