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217. Gopiballavpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-GOPIBALLAVPUR

INC 57.6%won by 20.4%CPM 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 20.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 60.4% — 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
49,213
Margin
10,019
20.36%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1HARISH CHANDRA MAHAPATRAIndian National Congress · INC28,35357.6%
  2. 2MAHAPATRA MONORANJANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,33437.3%
  3. 3HEMBRAM SANATANJan Kalyan Party · JKP1,8773.8%
  4. 4CHITTARANJAN SHAWIndependent · IND6491.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+17.0%
INC share
31.8% → 57.6%
CPM share
28.5% → 37.3%
Turnout
— → —
216. Nayagram218. Jhargram
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