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Constituency

113. Behala West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BEHALA-WEST

CPM 61.3%won by 26.2%INC 35.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.0% to 26.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.4% of the vote between them, up from 87.3% — 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
92,098
Margin
24,159
26.23%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RABIN MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM56,44861.3%
  2. 2ARUNA GHOSH DASTIDARIndian National Congress · INC32,28935.1%
  3. 3SADHAN SARKERIndependent · IND2,3152.5%
  4. 4RATAN DASIndependent · IND5310.6%
  5. 5GANESH CHANDRA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND5150.6%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−11.7%
CPM share
62.6% → 61.3%
INC share
24.7% → 35.1%
Turnout
— → —
112. Behala East114. Garden Reach
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