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West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1972

The 7th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
280
141 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
216 seats · majority
Candidates
833
0 women, 0 elected
Turnout
59.11%
1.33 cr of 2.26 cr

The house

280 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

280SEATS
  • INC216
  • CPI35
  • CPM14
  • IND5
  • RSP3
  • NCO2
  • IGL2
  • SUC1
  • Others2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (1971)

INC
+111
CPM
-99
CPI
+22
IND
-7
SUC
-6
FBL
-3
RCI
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress216+11123858.1%65,43,25149.08%+19.893
CPICommunist Party of India35+224154.6%11,10,5798.33%-0.130
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)14-9920835.9%36,59,80827.45%-5.419
INDIndependent5-71168.7%4,72,5563.54%-2.8591
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party301737.4%2,84,6432.13%+0.091
NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation)20646.6%1,96,0441.47%-4.1359
IGLIGL20337.5%35,8020.27%-0.030
SUCSUC1-61341.9%2,38,2761.79%+0.200
MULIndian Union Muslim League1—2710.2%1,21,2080.91%—22
WPIWPI1-1344.0%63,6730.48%-0.010
FBLAll India Forward Bloc0-31840.7%3,31,2442.48%-0.410
SOPSOP0—2610.6%1,09,0620.82%—21
JKPJKP0-2207.8%68,8060.52%-0.1117
RCIRCI0-3339.9%47,0380.35%-0.010
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh0-1163.2%25,1490.19%-0.6316
BIBBIB00139.4%13,4070.10%+0.030
RPIRPI0051.2%3,8850.03%+0.035
HMSHMS0032.0%2,6460.02%-0.033
IALIAL0—41.2%2,3820.02%—4
PBIPBI0—60.6%1,9040.01%—6
RSMRSM0010.4%1540.00%0.001

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in West Bengal at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Mar 1972

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KALNAWest BengalINCNUBUL ISLAM MOLIACPMDILIP KUMAR DUBEY61,52496.32%
NADANGHATWest BengalINCPARESH CHANDRA GOSWAMICPMSYED ABUL MANSUR HABIBULLAH58,97690.74%
MANTESWARWest BengalINCTUMIN KUMAR SAMANTACPMKASHINATH HAZRA CHOUDHURY48,60982.32%
DUM DUMWest BengalINCLAL BAHADUR SINGHCPMTARUN KUMAR SENGUPTA76,40571.63%
MEMARIWest BengalINCNABA KUMAR CHATERJEECPMKONAR BENOY KRISHNA41,88063.23%
KHARAGPURWest BengalINCGYAN SINGH SOHANPALCPMJATINDRA NATH MITRA19,63958.06%
MIDNAPURWest BengalCPIBISWANATH MUKHERJEECPMANIMA GHOSH ROY24,12758.03%
BELIAGHATA NORTHWest BengalINCANANTA KUMAR BHARATICPMKRISHNAPADA GHOSH39,03656.81%
ITAHARWest BengalINCABEDIN DR. ZAINALCPMSANTI SARKAR27,26756.39%
BARA BAZARWest BengalINCRAMKRISHNA SARAOGICPMMURLIDHAR SANTHALIA19,92455.33%

Closest results of Mar 1972

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
UTTARPARAWest BengalCPMSANTASRI CHATTOPADHYAYCPIGOBIDA CHATTERJEE80.01%
CHANDERNAGOREWest BengalCPMBHABANI MUKHERJEEINCBERI SHAW390.07%
KALIACHAKWest BengalINCSAMSUDDIN AHAMEDINDPROMODE RANJAN BOSE1930.35%
CONTAI SOUTHWest BengalINDDAS SUDHIR CHANDRANCOSATYABRATA MAITY1670.37%
ULUBERIA SUOTHWest BengalINDRABINDRA GHOSECPMBATA KRISN DAS2820.56%
AUSGRAMWest BengalCPMSRIDHAR MALIKINCBANS DHAR SAHA3290.69%
DEGANGAWest BengalINCM. SHAUKAT ALIMULAKM HASSAN UZZAMAN3450.74%
ARSAWest BengalINCNETAI DESHMUKHFBLDAMAN CHANDRA KUIRI2170.81%
EGRAWest BengalINCKHAN SAMSUL ALAMSOPPRABODH CHANDRA SINHA4270.85%
PATHARPRATIMAWest BengalINCSATYA RANJAN BAPULYSUCRABIN MONDAL5560.91%