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1. Mekliganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-MEKLIGANJ

FBL 52.1%won by 15.8%ICS 36.3%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.5% to 15.8%.

  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.3% of the vote between them, up from 72.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
78,654
Margin
12,430
15.80%

Candidates

5 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1SADA KANTA ROYFBL · FBL40,95852.1%
  2. 2NIREN CHOWDHURYICS · ICS28,52836.3%
  3. 3ARUN ROYSUC · SUC6,4268.2%
  4. 4SIBENDRA NATH ROYIndependent · IND1,6282.1%
  5. 5MANINDRA NATH ROYIndependent · IND1,1141.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–ICS swing
−29.5%
FBL share
45.3% → 52.1%
ICS share
0.0% → 36.3%
Turnout
— → —
2. Sitalkuchi
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