Constituency

226. Purulia

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-PURULIA

INC 65.9%won by 31.7%CPM 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 31.7%.

New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 77.2% — 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

35,076

Margin

11,120

31.70%

2 contested · winner INC

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