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Constituency

227. Para

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-PARA

INC 52.4%won by 10.0%SUC 42.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.4% to 10.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 63.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
25,278
Margin
2,526
9.99%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SARAT DASIndian National Congress · INC13,24952.4%
  2. 2SAILEN BAURISUC · SUC10,72342.4%
  3. 3CHANDI CHARAN DASIndependent · IND9883.9%
  4. 4GOPAL BAURINCO · NCO3181.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–SUC swing
−3.4%
INC share
38.6% → 52.4%
SUC share
25.2% → 42.4%
Turnout
— → —
226. Purulia228. Raghunathpur
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