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Constituency

264. Manteswar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-MANTESWAR

INC 91.1%won by 82.3%CPM 8.7%

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 82.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 33.9% to 91.1% of the vote here (+57.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.8% of the vote between them, up from 91.0% — 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
59,052
Margin
48,609
82.32%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+105.5%
INC share
33.9% 91.1%
CPM share
57.1% 8.7%
Turnout