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Constituency

86. Gaighata

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-GAIGHATA

CPM 55.5%won by 12.8%INC 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.2% to 12.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 86.3% — 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
92,140
Margin
11,767
12.77%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+0.6%
CPM share
49.2% 55.5%
INC share
37.1% 42.7%
Turnout