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Constituency

279. Nalhati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-NALHATI

IND 46.1%won by 10.8%INC 35.3%

What changed here

Derived

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.8% to 10.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.4% of the vote between them, up from 62.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
28,047
Margin
3,030
10.80%

Candidates

5 contested · winner IND
  1. 1GOLAM MOHIUDDINIndependent · IND12,93246.1%
  2. 2SYED SHAH NAWAZIndian National Congress · INC9,90235.3%
  3. 3MOLIA ZAHRUL ISLAMMUL · MUL2,7879.9%
  4. 4SYED SHAH MOINUL HUQUENCO · NCO1,6665.9%
  5. 5KHAIRUL ALAMIndependent · IND7602.7%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
IND
IND–INC swing
−14.4%
IND share
39.7% → 46.1%
INC share
14.5% → 35.3%
Turnout
— → —
278. Hansan280. Murarai
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