Constituency
246. Barabani
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-BARABANI
INC 70.9%won by 43.8%CPM 27.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 43.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.4% to 70.9% of the vote here (+37.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 82.1% — 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
41,231
Margin
18,064
43.81%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1SUKUMAR BANDYOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC29,21470.9%
- 2SUNIL BASU ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,15027.0%
- 3NALINAKSHA ROYSOP · SOP8672.1%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +59.1%
- INC share
- 33.4% → 70.9%
- CPM share
- 48.6% → 27.0%
- Turnout
- — → —