Constituency

140. Dhakuria

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-DHAKURIA

CPI 61.4%won by 22.7%RSP 38.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.9% to 22.7%.

New challengerRashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) finished second with 38.6% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

53,191

Margin

12,091

22.73%

2 contested · winner CPI

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