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Constituency

105. Canning West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-CANNING-WEST

CPM 45.4%won by 3.2%INC 42.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.0% to 3.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.6% of the vote between them, up from 62.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
86,241
Margin
2,719
3.15%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1CHITTA RANJAN MRIDHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,11345.4%
  2. 2GOBINDA CHANDRA NASKARIndian National Congress · INC36,39442.2%
  3. 3DASARATHI MONDALSUC · SUC9,59311.1%
  4. 4CHANDRA KANTA RAYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,1411.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−4.8%
CPM share
35.4% → 45.4%
INC share
27.4% → 42.2%
Turnout
— → —
104. Baruipur106. Canning East
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