Constituency
242. Indas
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-INDAS
INC 57.6%won by 18.6%CPM 39.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
41,918
Margin
7,776
18.55%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SANATAN SNATRAIndian National Congress · INC24,15657.6%
- 2BADAN BORACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM16,38039.1%
- 3RUPKUMAR BAGDINCO · NCO1,3823.3%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +23.9%
- INC share
- 37.1% → 57.6%
- CPM share
- 42.5% → 39.1%
- Turnout
- — → —