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Assembly seat no. 163 in West Bengal · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 1 time since 1972.

OverviewElection History
1972INC
Winner, 1972
SUSANTA BHATTACHARJEE
INC
Elections held
1
1972–1972
Most successful party
INC
won 1 of 1
Margin, 1972
1,228
2.34% of valid votes

Result, 1972

Winner
INCSUSANTA BHATTACHARJEE
Votes
26,030
Vote share
49.54%
Margin
1,228
Runner-up
CPMNIRUPAMA CHATTERJEE
Votes
24,802
Vote share
47.20%
Behind by
1,228
Electors
75,120
Total votes polled
52,542
Valid votes
52,542
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
69.9%

Full result, 1972

4 candidates · 52,542 valid votes

1972 election →
SUSANTA BHATTACHARJEEINCwon
26,030
49.5%
NIRUPAMA CHATTERJEECPM
24,802
47.2%
PRAKAS CHANDRA MANDALNCO
1,420
2.7%
NITYA NANDA BANERJEEBJS
290
0.6%

Past results

Most recent 1 of 1 elections

YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
1972SUSANTA BHATTACHARJEEINC26,03049.54%NIRUPAMA CHATTERJEE1,228

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

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