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Constituency

224. Jhalda

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-JHALDA

INC 51.9%won by 3.9%FBL 48.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.6% to 3.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
36,252
Margin
1,410
3.89%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1KINKAR MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC18,83151.9%
  2. 2CHITTARANJAN MAHATOFBL · FBL17,42148.1%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCFBL swing
−11.7%
INC share
46.6% 51.9%
FBL share
31.0% 48.1%
Turnout