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Constituency

57. Nabagram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-NABAGRAM

CPM 53.2%won by 8.3%INC 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.1% to 8.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 83.2% — 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
79,559
Margin
6,574
8.26%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−34.4%
CPM share
57.1% 53.2%
INC share
14.4% 44.9%
Turnout