Election
Constituency

80. Ranaghat East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-RANAGHAT-EAST

CPM 57.6%won by 16.5%IND 41.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 16.5%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.8% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — 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
82,246
Margin
13,545
16.47%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMIND swing
−22.6%
CPM share
49.0% 57.6%
IND share
9.9% 41.1%
Turnout