Constituency
232. Raipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-RAIPUR
CPI 62.2%won by 31.9%JKP 30.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Jan Kalyan Party (JKP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 31.9%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 17.1% to 62.2% of the vote here (+45.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 42.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
40,065
Margin
12,779
31.90%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1MANIK LAL BESRACommunist Party of India · CPI24,91962.2%
- 2SARENG BABULALJan Kalyan Party · JKP12,14030.3%
- 3GOURANGA SUNDAR TUDUNCO · NCO2,4276.1%
- 4BRAJENDRA HANSDAHIndependent · IND5791.4%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- JKP
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–JKP swing
- +36.2%
- CPI share
- 17.1% → 62.2%
- JKP share
- 21.4% → 30.3%
- Turnout
- — → —