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Constituency

130. Bhatpara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BHATPARA

CPM 49.5%won by 0.8%INC 48.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.5% to 0.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.9% — 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 82.3% — 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
78,146
Margin
611
0.78%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−43.7%
CPM share
63.4% 49.5%
INC share
18.9% 48.7%
Turnout