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Constituency

127. Dum Dum

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-DUM-DUM

INC 85.7%won by 71.6%CPM 14.1%

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 71.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 85.7% of the vote here (+85.7%).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
1,06,667
Margin
76,405
71.63%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1LAL BAHADUR SINGHIndian National Congress · INC91,42885.7%
  2. 2TARUN KUMAR SENGUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM15,02314.1%
  3. 3SUDHANGSU DEBSARMAIndependent · IND2160.2%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+127.6%
INC share
0.0% → 85.7%
CPM share
56.0% → 14.1%
Turnout
— → —
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