Constituency
141. Ballygunge
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-BALLYGUNGE
INC 64.1%won by 28.6%WPI 35.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 28.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.6% of the vote between them, up from 87.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
51,222
Margin
14,664
28.63%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SUBRATA MUKHOPADHAYAIndian National Congress · INC32,84564.1%
- 2JYOTI BHUSAN BHATTACHARYAWPI · WPI18,18135.5%
- 3ANANTA LAL SINGHIndependent · IND1960.4%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–WPI swing
- +18.4%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 64.1%
- WPI share
- 38.4% → 35.5%
- Turnout
- — → —