Constituency
221. Manbazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-MANBAZAR
INC 51.9%won by 3.7%CPM 48.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.1% to 3.7%.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 48.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.2% — 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
38,407
Margin
1,433
3.73%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1SITARAM MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC19,92051.9%
- 2MAKUL MAHATOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,48748.1%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −43.5%
- INC share
- 47.2% → 51.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 48.1%
- Turnout
- — → —