Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
By-election 1972

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
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INC
Maya Ray
149,375
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-
-
Independent
S.K.Niyogi
5,751
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-
-
Independent
Md. Salimuddin
4,979
-
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
143,624
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-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
1,60,105
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-
-
INC hold
INC hold
Swing
-
-

Question: Who are the candidates for the By-election 1972, what party did they belong to and what was the majority vote?
Answer: In the by-election, Maya Ray of Congress defeated S.K.NIyogi, an Independent Candidate by 143,624 votes.