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Constituency

47. Manikchak

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-MANIKCHAK

INC 49.5%won by 0.7%CPM 48.9%

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 0.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 36.0% to 49.5% of the vote here (+13.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 72.2% — 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
69,767
Margin
470
0.67%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+1.0%
INC share
36.0% 49.5%
CPM share
36.2% 48.9%
Turnout