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218. Jhargram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-JHARGRAM

INC 52.3%won by 22.8%CPM 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.2% to 22.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.8% of the vote between them, up from 70.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
49,613
Margin
11,325
22.83%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MALLA DEB BIRENDRA BIJOYIndian National Congress · INC25,95152.3%
  2. 2SEN DAHARESHWARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM14,62629.5%
  3. 3MAHATA MRINALINIJan Kalyan Party · JKP7,31014.7%
  4. 4ROY NIROD BARANSOP · SOP1,0052.0%
  5. 5BHAKAT NIRPADAIndependent · IND7211.5%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+15.6%
INC share
38.8% → 52.3%
CPM share
31.6% → 29.5%
Turnout
— → —
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