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Constituency

158. Panchla

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-PANCHLA

INC 55.7%won by 14.8%CPM 40.9%

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 14.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 55.7% of the vote here (+55.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — 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
53,660
Margin
7,956
14.83%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+59.7%
INC share
0.0% 55.7%
CPM share
44.9% 40.9%
Turnout