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Constituency

31. Raiganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-RAIGANJ

INC 50.7%won by 2.0%CPM 48.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.0%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 27.4% to 50.7% of the vote here (+23.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.4% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — 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
89,220
Margin
1,758
1.97%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+17.4%
INC share
27.4% 50.7%
CPM share
42.8% 48.7%
Turnout