Constituency
165. Amta
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-AMTA
INC 50.2%won by 3.1%CPM 47.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.1%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 23.4% to 50.2% of the vote here (+26.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 84.5% — 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
52,443
Margin
1,612
3.07%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1AFIABUDDIN MONDALIndian National Congress · INC26,32250.2%
- 2BARINDRA KOLEYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM24,71047.1%
- 3NIRMAL KUMAR ROYNCO · NCO1,4112.7%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +40.9%
- INC share
- 23.4% → 50.2%
- CPM share
- 61.1% → 47.1%
- Turnout
- — → —