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Constituency

67. Barwan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BARWAN

RSP 50.5%won by 3.5%INC 47.0%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.3% to 3.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.6% — 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
80,075
Margin
2,825
3.53%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSPINC swing
−32.7%
RSP share
56.4% 50.5%
INC share
20.2% 47.0%
Turnout