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Constituency

165. Amta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-AMTA

INC 50.2%won by 3.1%CPM 47.1%

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 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
52,443
Margin
1,612
3.07%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+40.9%
INC share
23.4% 50.2%
CPM share
61.1% 47.1%
Turnout