Constituency
260. Jamalpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-JAMALPUR
INC 65.9%won by 31.8%IND 34.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: MFB (MFB) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 31.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 42.1% to 65.9% of the vote here (+23.8%).
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.1% — it did not contest here in 1971.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.5% — 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
46,762
Margin
14,892
31.85%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1PURANJOY PRAMANIKIndian National Congress · INC30,82765.9%
- 2NARENDRA NATH SARKARIndependent · IND15,93534.1%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- MFB
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- −10.3%
- INC share
- 42.1% → 65.9%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 34.1%
- Turnout
- — → —