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Constituency

145. Sealdah

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-SEALDAH

INC 69.7%won by 39.4%FBL 30.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.6% to 39.4%.

  • New challengerFBL (FBL) finished second with 30.3% — it did not contest here in 1971.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 82.4% — 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
53,121
Margin
20,925
39.39%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SOMENDRA NATH MITRAIndian National Congress · INC37,02369.7%
  2. 2SHYAM SUNDAR GUPTAFBL · FBL16,09830.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCFBL swing
−14.6%
INC share
54.0% 69.7%
FBL share
0.0% 30.3%
Turnout