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Constituency

225. Jaipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-JAIPUR

INC 66.9%won by 49.5%FBL 17.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 35.4% to 49.5%.

  • New challengerFBL (FBL) finished second with 17.4% — it did not contest here in 1971.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.2% of the vote between them, up from 64.6% — 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
23,390
Margin
11,580
49.51%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1RAMKRISHNA MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC15,64066.9%
  2. 2MURALI SAHA BABUFBL · FBL4,06017.4%
  3. 3PADMA LOCHAN MAHATOSOP · SOP3,69015.8%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCFBL swing
−0.5%
INC share
50.0% 66.9%
FBL share
0.0% 17.4%
Turnout