Election
Constituency

19. Kranti

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-KRANTI

CPM 55.3%won by 12.9%INC 42.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 12.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — 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
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not in source
Valid votes
68,615
Margin
8,840
12.88%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PARIMAL MITRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,92055.3%
  2. 2DEBA PRASAD ROYIndian National Congress · INC29,08042.4%
  3. 3KAMAL BHOWMICKIndependent · IND1,4252.1%
  4. 4BENOY BHUSAN DUTTAIndependent · IND1900.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+7.9%
CPM share
33.8% → 55.3%
INC share
28.8% → 42.4%
Turnout
— → —
18. Mal20. Jalpaiguri
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