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Constituency

117. Satgachia

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-SATGACHIA

CPM 68.3%won by 36.5%INC 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 67.4% to 36.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.3% — 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
74,150
Margin
27,086
36.53%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−30.9%
CPM share
79.9% 68.3%
INC share
12.4% 31.7%
Turnout