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Constituency

46. Englishbazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-ENGLISHBAZAR

CPM 46.7%won by 2.2%INC 44.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 2.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.2% 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
77,103
Margin
1,697
2.20%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−18.0%
CPM share
31.6% 46.7%
INC share
11.4% 44.5%
Turnout