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Constituency

49. Kaliachak

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-KALIACHAK

CPM 54.7%won by 10.5%INC 44.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 10.5%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 10.6% to 54.7% of the vote here (+44.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.0% of the vote between them, up from 89.4% — 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
88,230
Margin
9,232
10.46%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+45.1%
CPM share
10.6% 54.7%
INC share
45.2% 44.3%
Turnout