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Constituency

125. Kamarhati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KAMARHATI

INC 55.4%won by 11.9%CPM 43.5%

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 11.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 55.4% of the vote here (+55.4%).

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
51,815
Margin
6,166
11.90%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1PRADIP KUMAR PALITIndian National Congress · INC28,69055.4%
  2. 2RADHIKA RANJAN BANERJICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,52443.5%
  3. 3PRASAD DAS RAYIndependent · IND6011.2%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+79.6%
INC share
0.0% → 55.4%
CPM share
67.7% → 43.5%
Turnout
— → —
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