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Constituency

245. Kulti

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KULTI

INC 59.5%won by 29.0%CPM 30.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.0% to 29.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.9% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
28,060
Margin
8,146
29.03%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+22.0%
INC share
38.9% 59.5%
CPM share
31.8% 30.4%
Turnout