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Constituency

256. Burdwan North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-BURDWAN-NORTH

INC 67.7%won by 35.3%CPM 32.3%

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 35.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 34.0% to 67.7% of the vote here (+33.6%).
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
54,403
Margin
19,213
35.32%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+64.0%
INC share
34.0% 67.7%
CPM share
62.7% 32.3%
Turnout