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Constituency

178. Pandua

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-PANDUA

INC 59.0%won by 17.9%CPM 41.0%

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 17.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 6.3% to 59.0% of the vote here (+52.7%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.0% — 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
49,540
Margin
8,882
17.93%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+68.0%
INC share
6.3% 59.0%
CPM share
56.4% 41.0%
Turnout