Constituency
160. Uluberia North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-ULUBERIA-NORTH
CPM 53.9%won by 12.7%IND 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.9% to 12.7%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 84.3% — 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
59,175
Margin
7,499
12.67%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1RAJ KUMAR MANDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,88553.9%
- 2SANTOSH KR. BHOWMICKIndependent · IND24,38641.2%
- 3BIMAL MANDALIndependent · IND2,0473.5%
- 4GOBINDA SINGIndian National Congress · INC8571.4%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −39.4%
- CPM share
- 52.1% → 53.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —