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Constituency

45. Malda

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-MALDA

INC 49.1%won by 1.8%CPM 47.3%

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 1.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 19.9% to 49.1% of the vote here (+29.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 61.2% — 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
77,253
Margin
1,365
1.77%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+21.3%
INC share
19.9% 49.1%
CPM share
39.5% 47.3%
Turnout