West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1972

280 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 59.11% turnout.

Seats

280

Candidates

833

0 women, 0 elected

Turnout

59.11%

1.33 cr of 2.26 cr

Leading party

INC

216 of 280 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in West Bengal

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	216	+111	238	65,43,251	49.08%	+19.89
CPI Communist Party of India	35	+22	41	11,10,579	8.33%	-0.13
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	14	-99	208	36,59,808	27.45%	-5.41
IND Independent	5	-7	116	4,72,556	3.54%	-2.85
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	0	17	2,84,643	2.14%	+0.09
NCO Indian National Congress (Organisation)	2	0	64	1,96,044	1.47%	-4.13
IGL IGL	2	0	3	35,802	0.27%	-0.03
SUC SUC	1	-6	13	2,38,276	1.79%	+0.20
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	1	+1	27	1,21,208	0.91%	—
WPI WPI	1	-1	3	63,673	0.48%	-0.01
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	-3	18	3,31,244	2.48%	-0.41
SOP SOP	0	0	26	1,09,062	0.82%	—
JKP JKP	0	-2	20	68,806	0.52%	-0.11
RCI RCI	0	-3	3	47,038	0.35%	0.00
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	-1	16	25,149	0.19%	-0.63
BIB BIB	0	0	1	13,407	0.10%	+0.03
RPI RPI	0	0	5	3,885	0.03%	+0.03
HMS HMS	0	0	3	2,646	0.02%	-0.03
IAL IAL	0	0	4	2,382	0.02%	—
PBI PBI	0	0	6	1,904	0.01%	—
RSM RSM	0	0	1	154	0.00%	0.00

INC216 (77%)
CPI35 (13%)
CPM14 (5%)
IND5 (2%)
RSP3 (1%)
NCO2 (1%)
Others5 (2%)

INC216
CPI35
CPM14
IND5
RSP3
NCO2
Others5

INC216
CPI35
CPM14
IND5
RSP3
NCO2
IGL2
SUC1
Others2

Constituency performance

From the 280 results in West Bengal

Closest contest

UTTARPARA

won by 8 (0.01%)

Biggest victory

KALNA

won by 61,524 (96.32%)

Highest turnout

BELIAGHATA NORTH

88.01%

Lowest turnout

JAIPUR

31.50%

Seat change

Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1971), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained122 (44%)
Changed hands132 (47%)
New seat26 (9%)

122 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 132 changed hands. 26 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

West Bengal, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 280 seats, alphabetical · showing 201–250 of 280

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
NABAGRAM	INCADYA CHANRAN DUTTA	INDBIRENDRA NARAYAN ROY	2,4945.69%	59.3%
NADANGHAT	INCPARESH CHANDRA GOSWAMI	CPMSYED ABUL MANSUR HABIBULLAH	58,97690.74%	81.4%
NAGRAKATA	CPIPREM ORAON	CPMPUNAI ORAON	6,96618.58%	58.6%
NAIHATI	INCTARAPODA MUKHAPADYA	CPMGOPAL BASU	4,0455.67%	64.0%
NAKASHIPARA	INCNIL KAMAL SARKER	CPMBINOY BHUSAN MAJUMDER	6,94518.40%	50.5%
NALHATI	INDGOLAM MOHIUDDIN	INCSYED SHAH NAWAZ	3,03010.80%	45.1%
NANDIGRAM	CPIBHUPAL CHANDRA PANDA	NCOABHA MAITI	4,1496.96%	69.1%
NANUR	INCSAHA DULAL	CPMBANAMALI DAS	7,27517.01%	56.5%
NAODA	MULKHAN NASIRUDDIN	RSPJAYANTA KUMAR BISWAS	7991.74%	60.7%
NARAYANGARH	INCBRAJA KISHORE MAITI	CPMAJIT DASMAHAPATRA	22,57748.33%	61.5%
NARGHAT	INCSARDINDU SAMANTA	CPMSWADES KUMAR MANNA	17,53532.45%	67.4%
NAYAGRAM	INCDASARATHI SAREN	SOPBIRENDRA NATH MURMU	6,40816.63%	52.3%
NOAPARA	INCSUVENDU ROY	CPMJAMINI BHUSON SAHA	25,51335.69%	74.1%
ONDA	INCSAMBHU NARAYAN GOSWAMI	CPMDUTTA MANIK	5,34614.32%	45.8%
PANCHLA	INCSK. ANWAR ALI	CPMASOKE KUMAR GHOSH	7,95614.83%	69.4%
PANDUA	INCSAILENDRA CHAOOTPADHYAY	CPMDEB NARAYAN CHAKRABORTY	8,88217.93%	67.5%
PANIHATI	INCTAPAN CHATTERJEE	CPMG. K. BHATTACHARJEE	47,22545.95%	82.2%
PANSKURA EAST	CPIGEETA MUKHOPADHYAYA	FBLAMAR PRASAD CHAKRAVARTY	18,04344.37%	53.2%
PANSKURA WEST	CPISK. OMAR ALI	CPMMONO ANJAN ROY	18,88144.36%	54.5%
PARA	INCSARAT DAS	SUCSAILEN BAURI	2,5269.99%	32.2%
PATASPUR	INCPRAFULLA MAITY	CPMJAGDISH DAS	20,75744.23%	63.3%
PATHARPRATIMA	INCSATYA RANJAN BAPULY	SUCRABIN MONDAL	5560.91%	69.2%
PHANSIDEWA	INCISWAR CHANDRA TIRKEY	CPMPATRAS	10,98224.51%	52.6%
PINGLA	INCBIJOY DAS	INDGOURANGA SAMANTA	9,12518.16%	66.8%
POLBA	INCBHAWANT PD. SINHA ROY	CPMBROJO GOPAL NEGOY	6,24211.51%	66.4%
PURBASTHALI	INCNURUNNESA SATTAR	CPMMOLIA HUMAYUN KABIR	17,74037.56%	63.4%
PURSURAH	INCMAHADEB MUKHOPADHYA	INDMRINAL KANTI MAJUMDER	16,73033.23%	61.7%
PURULIA	INCSANAT KUMAR MUKHERJEE	CPMMAHADEB MUKHERJEE	11,12031.70%	43.4%
RAGHUNATHPUR	INCDURGADAS BAURI	SUCHARI ADA BAURI	3611.32%	38.0%
RAIGANJ	INCDUTTA RAMENDRANATH	CPMMANASH ROY	15,11734.61%	56.5%
RAINA	INCSUKUMAR CHATTOPADHAY	CPMGOKULANANDA ROY	6,62612.75%	63.6%
RAIPUR	CPIMANIK LAL BESRA	JKPSARENG BABULAL	12,77931.90%	45.1%
RAJARHAT	INCKHASENDRA NATH MANDAL	CPMRABINDRA NATH MANDAL	6,24510.71%	63.5%
RAJGANJ	INCMRIGENDRA NARAYAN ROY	CPMDHIRENDRA NATH ROY	10,35028.07%	47.5%
RAJNAGAR	INCDWIJA PADA SAHA	FBLGOPA BAURI	2,1235.49%	46.8%
RAMNAGAR	INCHEMANTA DUTTA	CPMKARAN ROHINI	15,94235.81%	51.9%
RAMPURHAT	INCANANDA GOPAL ROY	CPMBRAJA MOHAN MUKEHRJEE	4,09010.40%	53.7%
RANAGHAT EAST	CPINETAIPADA SARKAR	CPMNARESH CHANDRA BISWAS	15,30933.52%	62.0%
RANAGHAT WEST	INCNARESH CHANDRA CHAKI	CPMKUNDU GOURCHANDRA	13,17721.05%	67.3%
RANIBANDH	INCAMALA SAREN	CPMSUCHAND SOREN	1,4033.64%	49.5%
RANIGANJ	CPMHARADHAN ROY	INCRABINDRA NATH MUKHERJEE	8,24222.94%	42.3%
RASHBEHARI AVENUE	INCLAKSHMI KANTA BOSE	CPMSACHIN SEN	20,12646.84%	58.6%
RATUA	INCNIRENCHANDRA SINHA	CPMMOHAMMAD ALI	3,0877.50%	65.0%
SAGAR	CPMPRABHONJAN KUMAR MANDAL	INDTRILOKES MISRA	5,6479.67%	69.2%
SAGARDIGHI	INCNRISINHA KUMAR MANDAL	RSPJOY CHAND DAS	6,25819.92%	43.0%
SALBANI	CPITHAKUR DAS MAHATA	CPMSUNDAR HAZRA	5,08211.51%	62.0%
SANDESHKHALI	INCDEBENDRA NATH SINHA	CPMSARAT SARDER	2,8596.13%	63.4%
SANKRAIL	CPMHARAN HAZRA	INCARABINDA NASKAR	3,1276.22%	69.3%
SANTIPUR	INCASAMANJA DE	RCIBIMALANANDA MUKHERJEE	8,64618.84%	64.8%
SEALDAH	INCSOMENDRA NATH MITRA	FBLSHYAM SUNDAR GUPTA	20,92539.39%	62.0%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in West Bengal alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1972?

Indian National Congress won 216 of 280 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1972?

Turnout was 59.11% — 1.33 cr of 2.26 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?

West Bengal has 280 assembly seats.