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Constituency

131. Jagatdal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-JAGATDAL

FBL 60.6%won by 26.4%INC 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.8% to 26.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 87.9% — 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
75,754
Margin
20,019
26.43%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−16.4%
FBL share
65.4% 60.6%
INC share
22.6% 34.2%
Turnout