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Constituency

95. Basirhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BASIRHAT

CPM 54.5%won by 9.0%ICS 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.0% to 9.0%.

  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 45.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 68.5% — 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
89,897
Margin
8,083
8.99%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1NARAYANDAS MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM48,99054.5%
  2. 2DEBI PROSAD NANDAICS · ICS40,90745.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMICS swing
−37.8%
CPM share
46.8% 54.5%
ICS share
0.0% 45.5%
Turnout