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Constituency

116. Budge Budge

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BUDGE-BUDGE

CPM 61.4%won by 24.6%INC 36.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.7% to 24.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 76.8% — 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
65,581
Margin
16,132
24.60%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−29.1%
CPM share
65.3% 61.4%
INC share
11.6% 36.8%
Turnout