Who won Itahar in the 1972 Assembly election?

ABEDIN DR. ZAINAL of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Itahar in the 1972 Assembly election with 37,810 votes (78.2% vote share), a margin of 27,267 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

30. Itahar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-ITAHAR

INC 78.2%won by 56.4%CPM 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 34.7% to 56.4%.

Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 83.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

48,353

Margin

27,267

56.39%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC

1ABEDIN DR. ZAINAL Indian National Congress · INC37,81078.2%
2SANTI SARKAR Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM10,54321.8%

Since 1971

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–CPM swing: +21.7%
INC share: 59.2% → 78.2%
CPM share: 24.6% → 21.8%
Turnout: — → —

29. Kaliaganj 31. Kushmandi

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