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Constituency

258. Khandaghosh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KHANDAGHOSH

INC 62.8%won by 25.6%CPM 37.2%

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 25.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 39.4% to 62.8% of the vote here (+23.4%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.7% — a tighter two-way 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
46,914
Margin
12,012
25.60%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+37.4%
INC share
39.4% 62.8%
CPM share
51.3% 37.2%
Turnout