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
Turnout	60.82% ( 1.21 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   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 111 22 99 Popular vote 6,543,251 1,110,579 3,659,808 Percentage 49.08% 8.33% 27.45% Swing 19.89 pp 0.13 pp 5.41 pp
Chief Minister before election Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Bangla Congress Chief Minister after election Siddhartha Shankar Ray INC(R)

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

The election was the 4th assembly election in West Bengal within six years.^[2] In the previous assembly election held last year, Ajoy Mukherjee of Bangla Congress became the chief minister with support of the INC(R) & the United Left Democratic Front (an alliance of CPI, AIFB, SSP rebels, PSP, BPI - Barada Mukutmoni faction, RCPI - Anadi Das faction & AIGL). President's Rule had been introduced on 29 June 1971 due to fallout of the Congress(R) (with which the Bangla Congress had merged) with the ULDF.^[2]

There were two main fronts in the election; the alliance between the Congress(R) and CPI and the alliance led by CPI(M).^[3] The Congress(R)-CPI alliance was known as the Progressive Democratic Alliance.^[4] The PDA had a seven-point programme.^[5] At the time of the election Indira Gandhi's popularity peaked, with the victory in the Bangladesh Liberation War and electoral promises of land reform.^[3] The CPI had also gained significant prestige in West Bengal due to the Soviet support to the Bangladeshi cause in the war.^[6]

The CPI(M)-led alliance included RSP, SUCI(C), RCPI, MFB, WPI, the Biplobi Bangla Congress and some independents.^[3] Just before the vote there was a seat-sharing arrangement between the CPI(M)-led alliance and the AIFB.^[3] A minor third front, the West Bengal Democratic Alliance, was led by the Congress (O) and included Sushil Kumar Dhara's Bangla Congress faction, the SSP rebels and the Indian Awami League.^[3]

The Congress(R)-CPI alliance won an overwhelming majority in the assembly and formed a new state government, led by Siddhartha Shankar Ray.^[4][7] Several Indian Youth Congress leaders were found among the newly elected legislators.^[5] 14 CPI(M) candidates were declared elected, but they refused to participate in the Legislative Assembly during the period of 1972-1977 as they accused that the elections had been rigged.^[5]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	6,543,251	49.08	216	–
	Communist Party of India	1,110,579	8.33	35	–
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,659,808	27.45	14	–
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	284,643	2.14	3	–
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	196,044	1.47	2	–
	All India Gorkha League	35,802	0.27	2	–
	Socialist Unity Centre	238,276	1.79	1	–
	Indian Union Muslim League	121,208	0.91	1	–
	Workers Party of India	63,673	0.48	1	–
	Others	605,677	4.54	0	0
	Independents	472,556	3.54	5	–
Total		13,331,517	100.00	280	0
Valid votes		13,331,517	97.18
Invalid/blank votes		387,018	2.82
Total votes		13,718,535	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		22,554,545	60.82
Source: ECI[8]

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No.	Constituency	Res.	CPI(M) and allies (Missing some independent candidates)					Congress (R)-CPI alliance					Other (Listing the most-voted candidate outside the CPI(M)- and Cong (R)-led alliances)
			Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Rank
1	Mekliganj	SC	Amarendranath Roy Prodhan	FB	18233	40.77%	2nd	Mauhusudan Roy	Cong. (R)	25816	57.72%	Won	Sudhangshu Kumar Sarkar	Ind.	675	1.51%	3rd
2	Mathabhanga	SC	Dinesh Chandra Dakua	CPI(M)	18173	39.80%	2nd	Birendra Nath Roy	Cong. (R)	27493	60.20%	Won
3	Cooch Behar West	SC	Ajit Kumar Basunia	FB	14120	31.43%	2nd	Rajani Das	Cong. (R)	30804	68.57%	Won
4	Sitai		Dipak Sen Gupta	FB	15345	34.93%	2nd	M O Fazle Haque	Cong. (R)	28592	65.07%	Won
5	Dinhata		Kamal Guha	FB	20712	39.85%	2nd	Jogesh Chandra Sarkar	Cong. (R)	30404	58.50%	Won	Ram Chandra Saha	Ind.	855	1.65%	3rd
6	Cooch Behar North		Aparajita Goppi	FB	19846	40.07%	2nd	Sunil Kar	Cong. (R)	29142	58.84%	Won	Jaharuddin Mia	Cong. (O)	541	1.09%	3rd
7	Cooch Behar South		Sibendra N Chowdhury	CPI(M)	17196	36.52%	2nd	Santosh Kumar Roy	Cong. (R)	29600	62.86%	Won	Rai Mohan Roy	Ind.	293	0.62%	3rd
8	Tufanganj	SC	Manindra Nath Barman	CPI(M)	16697	32.70%	2nd	Isore Sisit Kumar	Cong. (R)	34364	67.30%	Won
9	Kumargram		Nitai Chandra Das	CPI(M)	12061	32.10%	2nd	Debabrata Chatterjee	Cong. (R)	25515	67.90%	Won
10	Kalchini	ST	John Arther Baxla Uraon	RSP	11353	37.84%	2nd	Denis Lakra	Cong. (R)	15447	51.48%	Won	Philip Minj	Ind.	3203	10.68%	3rd
11	Alipurduars		Nani Bhattacharya	RSP	20928	42.49%	2nd	Naryan Bhattacharya	Cong. (R)	27386	55.61%	Won	Kalikrishna Bhattacharya	Ind.	935	1.90%	3rd
12	Falakata	SC						Jagadananda Roy	Cong. (R)	25203	64.17%	Won	Pushpajit Barman	Soc.	14072	35.83%	2nd
13	Madarihat	ST	A. H. Besterwitch	RSP	16785	43.70%	Won	Aswaghosh Kullu	Cong. (R)	13667	35.58%	2nd	Khudiram Pahan	Ind.	7961	20.72%	3rd
14	Dhupguri							Bhawani Paul	Cong. (R)	22670	57.39%	Won	Nishith Nath Bhowmik	Soc.	13810	34.96%	2nd
15	Nagrakata	ST	Punai Oraon	CPI(M)	14463	38.58%	2nd	Prem Oraon	CPI	21429	57.16%	Won	Mangroo Bhagat	Ind.	1600	4.27%	3rd
16	Mainaguri	SC	Jatindra Nath Basunia	RSP	8318	23.84%	2nd	Bijoy Krishna Mohanta	Cong. (R)	19716	56.50%	Won	Panchanan Mallick	Ind.	6862	19.66%	3rd
17	Mal	ST	Jagga Nath Oraon	CPI(M)	16030	38.19%	2nd	Antoni Topno	Cong. (R)	25939	61.81%	Won
18	Jalpaiguri		Subodh Sen	CPI(M)	19064	35.77%	2nd	Anupam Sen	Cong. (R)	34231