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Constituency

215. Keshiari

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KESHIARI

INC 53.8%won by 12.5%CPM 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.6% to 12.5%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
42,167
Margin
5,254
12.46%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BUDHAN CHANDRA TUDUIndian National Congress · INC22,69753.8%
  2. 2KISKU JADUNATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM17,44341.4%
  3. 3ANIL HEMBRAMJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,4473.4%
  4. 4JNANENDRA SINGHIndependent · IND5801.4%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+0.8%
INC share
41.7% → 53.8%
CPM share
30.0% → 41.4%
Turnout
— → —
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