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Constituency

132. Bara Bazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BARA-BAZAR

INC 76.7%won by 55.3%CPM 21.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.3% to 55.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 83.9% — 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
36,011
Margin
19,924
55.33%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+14.7%
INC share
55.6% 76.7%
CPM share
15.0% 21.3%
Turnout