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Constituency

41. Kharba

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-KHARBA

INC 49.3%won by 3.3%CPM 46.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.3%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 26.8% to 49.3% of the vote here (+22.5%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.3% of the vote between them, up from 71.5% — 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
81,425
Margin
2,710
3.33%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
−12.6%
INC share
26.8% 49.3%
CPM share
10.9% 46.0%
Turnout