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240. Vishnupur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-VISHNUPUR

INC 58.5%won by 23.1%CPM 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 23.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.8% of the vote between them, up from 60.0% — 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
34,994
Margin
8,101
23.15%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BHABATARAN CHAKRAVARTYIndian National Congress · INC20,45558.5%
  2. 2KARUNAMEY GOSWAMICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM12,35435.3%
  3. 3TUSHAR KANTI BHATTACHARYABharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4374.1%
  4. 4SANTOSH KUMAR ACHARYAIndependent · IND7482.1%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+19.7%
INC share
31.7% → 58.5%
CPM share
28.3% → 35.3%
Turnout
— → —
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