Who won Mangalkot in the 1972 Assembly election?

JYOTIRMOY MOJUMDAR of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Mangalkot in the 1972 Assembly election with 25,379 votes (57.1% vote share), a margin of 7,261 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

267. Mangalkot

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-MANGALKOT

INC 57.1%won by 16.3%CPM 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 16.3%.

INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 57.1% of the vote here (+57.1%).

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

44,459

Margin

7,261

16.33%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC

1JYOTIRMOY MOJUMDAR Indian National Congress · INC25,37957.1%
2NIKHILANANDA SAR Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM18,11840.8%
3MADAN MOHAN CHOUDHURY NCO · NCO9622.2%

Since 1971

Derived

Winner then: CPM
Winner now: INCflipped
INC–CPM swing: +78.4%
INC share: 0.0% → 57.1%
CPM share: 62.0% → 40.8%
Turnout: — → —

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