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| 2 | Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) - By-election 1972 |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | INC | Maya Ray | 149,375 | - | - |
| 5 | - | Independent | S.K.Niyogi | 5,751 | - | - |
| 6 | - | Independent | Md. Salimuddin | 4,979 | - | - |
| 7 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 143,624 | - | - |
| 8 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,60,105 | - | - |
| 9 | - | 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.