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Constituency

273. Rajnagar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-RAJNAGAR

INC 52.7%won by 5.5%FBL 47.3%

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 5.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 37.3% to 52.7% of the vote here (+15.5%).
  • 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 76.2% — 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
38,661
Margin
2,123
5.49%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DWIJA PADA SAHAIndian National Congress · INC20,39252.7%
  2. 2GOPA BAURIFBL · FBL18,26947.3%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCFBL swing
−12.3%
INC share
37.3% 52.7%
FBL share
19.5% 47.3%
Turnout