Constituency
235. Chhatna
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-CHHATNA
INC 50.4%won by 14.7%SUC 35.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.7% to 14.7%.
- New challengerSUC (SUC) finished second with 35.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.1% of the vote between them, up from 63.4% — 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
29,565
Margin
4,349
14.71%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1KAMALAKANTA HEMRAMIndian National Congress · INC14,89650.4%
- 2ARUN KIRAN BARATSUC · SUC10,54735.7%
- 3DEY NIRMALENDUNCO · NCO2,6649.0%
- 4ASWANI KARSOP · SOP1,4584.9%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–SUC swing
- −30.3%
- INC share
- 45.0% → 50.4%
- SUC share
- 0.0% → 35.7%
- Turnout
- — → —