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Constituency

277. Rampurhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-RAMPURHAT

INC 53.8%won by 10.4%CPM 43.4%

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 10.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 36.0% to 53.8% of the vote here (+17.8%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.1% of the vote between them, up from 86.3% — 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
39,339
Margin
4,090
10.40%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+24.8%
INC share
36.0% 53.8%
CPM share
50.4% 43.4%
Turnout