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Constituency

278. Hansan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-HANSAN

INC 57.2%won by 15.2%RCI 42.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: RCI (RCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 23.6% to 57.2% of the vote here (+33.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 67.8% — 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
29,855
Margin
4,535
15.19%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DHANAPATI MALIndian National Congress · INC17,07757.2%
  2. 2TRILOCHAN MALRCI · RCI12,54242.0%
  3. 3SANJAY KUMAR SAHANCO · NCO2360.8%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
RCI
Winner now
INCflipped
INCRCI swing
+35.8%
INC share
23.6% 57.2%
RCI share
44.2% 42.0%
Turnout