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Constituency

98. Sandeshkhali

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-SANDESHKHALI

CPM 63.0%won by 26.9%INC 36.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.9% to 26.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
84,472
Margin
22,752
26.93%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−12.9%
CPM share
60.6% 63.0%
INC share
20.7% 36.1%
Turnout