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Constituency

135. Panihati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-PANIHATI

CPM 55.7%won by 15.3%INC 40.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.7% to 15.3%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.1% of the vote between them, up from 77.8% — 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
91,130
Margin
13,984
15.35%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−17.2%
CPM share
54.3% 55.7%
INC share
21.7% 40.4%
Turnout