Constituency
261. Memari
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1972
WB-MEMARI
INC 80.2%won by 63.2%CPM 17.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 63.2%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 33.6% to 80.2% of the vote here (+46.6%).
- 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
66,234
Margin
41,880
63.23%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1NABA KUMAR CHATERJEEIndian National Congress · INC53,11980.2%
- 2KONAR BENOY KRISHNACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM11,23917.0%
- 3IOTU MURMUIndependent · IND1,8762.8%
Since 1971
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +92.1%
- INC share
- 33.6% → 80.2%
- CPM share
- 62.4% → 17.0%
- Turnout
- — → —