Constituency
198. Contai North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-CONTAI-NORTH
CPI 50.8%won by 25.6%CPM 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Praja Socialist Party (PSP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 25.6%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 50.8% of the vote here (+50.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.1% of the vote between them, up from 56.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
49,027
Margin
12,546
25.59%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1KAMAKHYANANDAN DAS MOHAPATRCommunist Party of India · CPI24,92250.8%
- 2ANURUP PANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,37625.2%
- 3RAS BEHARI PALNCO · NCO7,27514.8%
- 4ANIL MANNASOP · SOP4,4549.1%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- PSP
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–CPM swing
- +47.4%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 50.8%
- CPM share
- 21.8% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —