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1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election information


1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.82% (Increase 1.21 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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Leader Siddhartha Shankar Ray Biswanath Mukherjee Jyoti Basu
Party INC(R) CPI CPI(M)
Alliance INC(R) + CPI INC(R) + CPI CPI(M) + RSP + AIFB + MFB + SUCI(C) + RCPI + WPI + BBC
Leader since 1972 1964 1964
Leader's seat Maldaha (by-elected) Medinipur Baranagar (lost)
Last election 29.19%, 105 seats 8.46%, 13 seats 32.86%, 113 seats
Seats won 216 35 14
Seat change Increase 111 Increase 22 Decrease 99
Popular vote 6,543,251 1,110,579 3,659,808
Percentage 49.08% 8.33% 27.45%
Swing Increase 19.89 pp Decrease 0.13 pp Decrease 5.41 pp
Chief Minister before election

Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
Bangla Congress

Elected Chief Minister

Siddhartha Shankar Ray
INC(R)

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal on March 11, 1972.[1]

  1. ^ Shiv Lal (1978). Elections in India: An Introduction. Election Archives. p. 30.

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