State board · Lok Sabha

West Bengal Lok Sabha 1972

Results board · 2 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateWest Bengal

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 2

Electors

10.67L

On the roll

Votes polled

5.13L

48.1% of electors

Median turnout

49.5%

Median of 2 seats

IND short

−1

Below majority · 1 − 2

[01]Seat matrix

2 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 2 of 2IND 1 · 1 short of majority

IND 150.0% Independents

INC 150.0% Indian National Congress

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for West Bengal 1972.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Murshindabad was decided by 43,690 votes, the closest of 2 seats; Raiganj had the widest margin, 1,43,624.
min / max of margin over 2 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 28.2% in Raiganj to 70.8% in Murshindabad; the median seat polled 49.5%.
min / median / max over 2 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

2 of 2 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 150.0% of seats

50–60 00.0% of seats

60–70 00.0% of seats

70–80 150.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestRaiganj28.2%
HighestMurshindabad70.8%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

2 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, West Bengal Lok Sabha 1972, all 2 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
04	RaiganjWIDEST	M.Ray	Indian National Congress	1,60,105	1,43,624	89.7	28.2
08	MurshindabadCLOSEST	S.Badrudduja	Independent	3,52,986	43,690	12.4	70.8

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,43,624 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1972 · West Bengal · 2 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database