Constituency
210. Midnapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-MIDNAPUR
CPI 77.0%won by 58.0%CPM 19.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 58.0%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 19.0% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 88.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,577
Margin
24,127
58.03%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1BISWANATH MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI32,00977.0%
- 2ANIMA GHOSH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM7,88219.0%
- 3GURUDAS MANDIJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,0762.6%
- 4S. K. MAHINUDDINIAL · IAL6101.5%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–CPM swing
- +11.6%
- CPI share
- 46.4% → 77.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 19.0%
- Turnout
- — → —