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Constituency

272. Dubrajpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-DUBRAJPUR

INC 53.9%won by 7.9%FBL 46.1%

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 7.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 20.8% to 53.9% of the vote here (+33.1%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to FBL (FBL).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 61.5% — 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
37,041
Margin
2,909
7.85%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SACHI NANDAN SHAWIndian National Congress · INC19,97553.9%
  2. 2BHAKTI BHUSAN MANDALFBL · FBL17,06646.1%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCFBL swing
+4.9%
INC share
20.8% 53.9%
FBL share
17.8% 46.1%
Turnout