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Constituency

242. Indas

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-INDAS

INC 57.6%won by 18.6%CPM 39.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 18.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 37.1% to 57.6% of the vote here (+20.5%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 79.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
41,918
Margin
7,776
18.55%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+23.9%
INC share
37.1% 57.6%
CPM share
42.5% 39.1%
Turnout