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Constituency

78. Santipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-SANTIPUR

IND 52.1%won by 9.6%INC 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: RCI (RCI) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 9.6%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 1.7% to 52.1% of the vote here (+50.5%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.7% of the vote between them, up from 83.8% — 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
81,550
Margin
7,857
9.63%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
RCI
Winner now
INDflipped
INDINC swing
+20.8%
IND share
1.7% 52.1%
INC share
12.8% 42.5%
Turnout