Constituency
76. Krishnagar West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-KRISHNAGAR-WEST
CPM 48.5%won by 8.5%INC 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
67,654
Margin
5,728
8.47%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1AMRITENDU MUKHOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,83348.5%
- 2GOURI SANKAR DATTAIndian National Congress · INC27,10540.1%
- 3ABU TAHER JANGIIndependent · IND5,5308.2%
- 4DILIP CHUNARIIndependent · IND1,9722.9%
- 5BIKAS PRAMANICKIndependent · IND2140.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −37.5%
- CPM share
- 60.0% → 48.5%
- INC share
- 14.1% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- — → —