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Constituency

5. Cooch Behar West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-COOCH-BEHAR-WEST

FBL 58.0%won by 17.6%INC 40.4%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.7% to 17.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 88.7% — 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
91,725
Margin
16,105
17.56%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−26.1%
FBL share
66.2% 58.0%
INC share
22.5% 40.4%
Turnout