Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1972

Kakdwip

Assembly constituency 116 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1972

[01]Result · 1972

#116 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants2

Electors88,052

Votes polled61,879

Turnout70.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBasudeb SautyaIndian National Congress36,81259.5% of votes

MARGIN11,745 votes · 19.0 pp36,812 − 25,067

Runner-upHrishikesh Maity Communist Party of India (Marxist)25,06740.5% of votes

INC 59.5% of top-two votesCPI(M) 40.5%

All candidates 2

01 Basudeb SautyaINC36,812 59.5%
02 Hrishikesh MaityCPI(M)25,067 40.5%

Turnout 70.3%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 280 seats, 197260.0%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 61,879Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

2026
21.0 pp
Sharadwat MukherjeeBharatiya Janata Party
2021
5.0 pp
Sujit Bose S/o - Late Ajit BoseAll India Trinamool Congress
2016
4.6 pp
Sujit BoseAll India Trinamool Congress
2011
24.1 pp
Sujit BoseAll India Trinamool Congress
2006
19.7 pp
Ashok Kumar DebAll India Trinamool Congress
2001
18.4 pp
Ashok Kumar DebAll India Trinamool Congress
1996
8.7 pp
Ashok Kumar DebIndian National Congress
1991
4.8 pp
Dipak MukherjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1987
2.6 pp
Kshiti Bhusan Roy BarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1982
23.8 pp
Kshitibhusan RoybarmanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1977
52.9 pp
Khitibhusan BurmonCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1972
19.0 pp
Basudeb SautyaIndian National Congress
1971
26.1 pp
Hrishikesh MaityCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1969
5.4 pp
Hansadhwaj DharaIndian National Congress
1967
50.2 pp
H.DharaIndian National Congress
1962
8.8 pp
Bejoy Kumar BanerjeeIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 52.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 70.3% was 10.3 pp above the state's median seat (60.0%).
70.3 − 60.0 = +10.3
The margin narrowed from 26.1 pp in 1971 to 19.0 pp.
19.0 − 26.1 = −7.1 pp
Hrishikesh Maity, the 1971 winner, finished second in 1972.
1971 winner name = 1972 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines61,879
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled61,879
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1972 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 280 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1972 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database