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58. Murshidabad

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-MURSHIDABAD

FBL 55.5%won by 13.1%ICS 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.6% to 13.1%.

  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 42.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 64.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
92,470
Margin
12,094
13.08%

Candidates

5 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1CHHAYA GHOSHFBL · FBL51,35355.5%
  2. 2DEDAR BAKSHIICS · ICS39,25942.5%
  3. 3TARUN KANTI SARKARIndependent · IND1,2241.3%
  4. 4ATAOR RAHMANIndependent · IND4690.5%
  5. 5AMIYA DUTTAIndependent · IND1650.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–ICS swing
−23.9%
FBL share
37.0% → 55.5%
ICS share
0.0% → 42.5%
Turnout
— → —
57. Nabagram59. Jalangi
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