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Constituency

116. Kakdwip

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KAKDWIP

INC 59.5%won by 19.0%CPM 40.5%

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 19.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 14.9% to 59.5% of the vote here (+44.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 63.2% — 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
61,879
Margin
11,745
18.98%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+48.7%
INC share
14.9% 59.5%
CPM share
44.7% 40.5%
Turnout