Constituency
216. Nayagram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-NAYAGRAM
INC 49.1%won by 16.6%SOP 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 16.6%.
- New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.6% of the vote between them, up from 61.9% — 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
38,542
Margin
6,408
16.63%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1DASARATHI SARENIndian National Congress · INC18,93349.1%
- 2BIRENDRA NATH MURMUSOP · SOP12,52532.5%
- 3MURMU KISHUNJan Kalyan Party · JKP6,68817.4%
- 4SAMBHU NATH MANDIIndependent · IND3961.0%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SOP swing
- −21.8%
- INC share
- 38.4% → 49.1%
- SOP share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —