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Constituency

129. Naihati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-NAIHATI

CPM 55.4%won by 12.4%INC 43.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.2% to 12.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 86.6% — 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
79,209
Margin
9,855
12.44%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−24.8%
CPM share
61.9% 55.4%
INC share
24.7% 43.0%
Turnout