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Constituency

4. Cooch Behar North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-COOCH-BEHAR-NORTH

FBL 57.2%won by 15.8%INC 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.5% to 15.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 79.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
81,907
Margin
12,937
15.79%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−30.8%
FBL share
63.1% 57.2%
INC share
16.5% 41.4%
Turnout