Election
Constituency

176. Polba

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-POLBA

INC 54.9%won by 11.5%CPM 43.4%

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 11.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 38.7% to 54.9% of the vote here (+16.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — 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
54,221
Margin
6,242
11.51%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+19.4%
INC share
38.7% 54.9%
CPM share
46.6% 43.4%
Turnout