Constituency
26. Phansidewa
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-PHANSIDEWA
CPM 45.8%won by 5.8%INC 39.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.0% to 5.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.7% of the vote between them, up from 68.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
90,370
Margin
5,286
5.85%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1PATRAS MINZCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM41,36245.8%
- 2ISWAR CHANDRA TIRKEYIndian National Congress · INC36,07639.9%
- 3TERESA SORANG CHACKOJanata Party · JNP5,1205.7%
- 4EDWAR TIRKEYIndependent · IND3,9734.4%
- 5SANTI MUNDAIndependent · IND2,7253.0%
- 6DHARMENDRA NATH BIRJAIndependent · IND1,1141.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −12.0%
- CPM share
- 41.9% → 45.8%
- INC share
- 24.1% → 39.9%
- Turnout
- — → —