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Constituency

268. Ketugram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KETUGRAM

INC 63.2%won by 26.4%CPM 36.8%

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 26.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 41.2% to 63.2% of the vote here (+22.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.7% — 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
47,527
Margin
12,561
26.43%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+28.6%
INC share
41.2% 63.2%
CPM share
43.4% 36.8%
Turnout