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Constituency

111. Bishnupur West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BISHNUPUR-WEST

CPM 64.9%won by 31.8%INC 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.3% to 31.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.2% — 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
71,651
Margin
22,784
31.80%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−12.5%
CPM share
62.7% 64.9%
INC share
18.5% 33.1%
Turnout