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Constituency

169. Uttarpara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-UTTARPARA

CPM 50.0%won by 0.0%CPI 50.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 0.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.5% — 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
54,098
Margin
8
0.01%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMCPI swing
−23.7%
CPM share
56.1% 50.0%
CPI share
32.4% 50.0%
Turnout