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259. Raina

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-RAINA

INC 56.4%won by 12.8%CPM 43.6%

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 12.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 36.6% to 56.4% of the vote here (+19.8%).

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
51,968
Margin
6,626
12.75%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUKUMAR CHATTOPADHAYIndian National Congress · INC29,29756.4%
  2. 2GOKULANANDA ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM22,67143.6%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+36.5%
INC share
36.6% → 56.4%
CPM share
60.3% → 43.6%
Turnout
— → —
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