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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

280 seats · vs 1971 (279-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 216 seatsCommunist Party of India — 35 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 14 seatsIndependent — 5 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 3 seatsNCO — 2 seatsIGL — 2 seats3 other parties — 3 seats141280of 280 seats
  • INC216
  • CPI35
  • CPM14
  • IND5
  • RSP3
  • NCO2
  • IGL2
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress21677%65,43,25149.1%238
CPICommunist Party of India3513%11,10,5798.3%41
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)145%36,59,80827.5%208
INDIndependent52%4,72,5563.5%116
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party31%2,84,6432.1%17
NCONCO21%1,96,0441.5%64
IGLIGL21%35,8020.3%3
SUCSUC10%2,38,2761.8%13
MULMUL10%1,21,2080.9%27
WPIWPI10%63,6730.5%3
FBLFBL00%3,31,2442.5%18

+ 10 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 141

1972 · selected
Majority 141
INC216CPI35CPM14IND5RSP3NCO2IGL2SUC1MUL1WPI1
1971 · previous
Majority 140

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1971 → 1972

1971 1972· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
29.2
49.1
8.5
8.3
32.9
27.5
6.4
3.5
5.6
1.5
5.4
0.0
INCCPICPMINDNCOBAC

Seat change

1972 seats minus 1971 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
105 → 216
+111
CPI
13 → 35
+22
CPM
113 → 14
−99
IND
12 → 5
−7
RSP
3 → 3
0
NCO
2 → 2
0
IGL
2 → 2
0
SUC
7 → 1
−6
MUL
0 → 1
+1
WPI
2 → 1
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1971 → 1972

share lostshare gained
INC
29.2% → 49.1%
+19.9%
MUL
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
SOP
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
MFB
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
LSS
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
FBL
2.9% → 2.5%
−0.4%
SSP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
BJS
0.8% → 0.2%
−0.6%
PSP
1.1% → 0.0%
−1.1%
IND
6.4% → 3.5%
−2.8%

Biggest INC–CPM swings

Seats where the INC-vs-CPM vote gap moved most, 1971 → 1972. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − CPM share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward CPM.

toward CPMtoward INC
Nadanghat
+150.3%
Dum Dum
+127.6%
Panihati
+112.7%
Kalna
+108.2%
Manteswar
+105.5%
Bhatar
+92.2%
Memari
+92.1%
Barasat
+90.0%
Kulpi
+89.1%
Tollygunge
+85.8%
Krishnagar East
+84.4%
Kamarhati
+79.6%

Closest races · 1972

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1972

280 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1971