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| election_name = 1972 Murshidabad Lok Sabha seat by-election<br />
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In '''March 15, 1972 a by-election was held in for the [[Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Murshidabad seat]]''' in the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]).<ref name="Das1999">{{cite book|author=Malabasri Das|title=Parliamentary Elections in West Bengal, 1952-1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uy2OAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Government of West Bengal|page=102}}</ref> The by-election was called after the death of the sitting Member of Parliament [[Chowdhury Abu Taleb]].<ref name="e"/><br />
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The election was won by Muhammad Khoda Baksh of the [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]].<ref name="Das1999"/><ref name="e">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Lok Sabha by-elections]]<br />
[[Category:1972 elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:Elections in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:1970s in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Murshidabad district]]</div>
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