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Constituency

196. Bhagabanpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BHAGABANPUR

INC 43.8%won by 11.1%CPM 32.7%

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 11.1%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 15.3% to 43.8% of the vote here (+28.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.5% of the vote between them, up from 49.1% — 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
49,775
Margin
5,541
11.13%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+21.1%
INC share
15.3% 43.8%
CPM share
25.3% 32.7%
Turnout