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82. Chakdaha

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-CHAKDAHA

CPM 60.3%won by 22.7%INC 37.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 22.7%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 60.3% of the vote here (+60.3%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
98,597
Margin
22,384
22.70%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUBHAS BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM59,48160.3%
  2. 2NARENDRE NATH SARKKARIndian National Congress · INC37,09737.6%
  3. 3CHITTA RANJAN RAYIndependent · IND1,0461.1%
  4. 4PARESH CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND9731.0%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+42.8%
CPM share
0.0% → 60.3%
INC share
20.1% → 37.6%
Turnout
— → —
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