Constituency
244. Hirapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-HIRAPUR
INC 48.6%won by 2.5%CPM 46.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 24.1% to 48.6% of the vote here (+24.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.7% of the vote between them, up from 72.2% — 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
39,217
Margin
1,000
2.55%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1TRIPTIMOYAICHIndian National Congress · INC19,06848.6%
- 2RAMAPADA MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,06846.1%
- 3TARAK NATH CHAKRABARTYSOP · SOP2,0815.3%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +23.6%
- INC share
- 24.1% → 48.6%
- CPM share
- 45.2% → 46.1%
- Turnout
- — → —