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Constituency

76. Krishnagar West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-KRISHNAGAR-WEST

CPM 48.5%won by 8.5%INC 40.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.7% to 8.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.5% — 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 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 76.3% — 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
67,654
Margin
5,728
8.47%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−37.5%
CPM share
60.0% 48.5%
INC share
14.1% 40.1%
Turnout