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Constituency

137. Baranagar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BARANAGAR

RSP 58.3%won by 17.9%INC 40.4%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.8% to 17.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,02,854
Margin
18,404
17.89%

Candidates

4 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1MATISH ROYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP59,98558.3%
  2. 2SAMBHU NATH DUTTAIndian National Congress · INC41,58140.4%
  3. 3TILAK GANGULYJanata Party · JNP1,0641.0%
  4. 4HARI SANKAR CHAKRAVORTYIndependent · IND2240.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−8.9%
RSP share
53.9% → 58.3%
INC share
27.1% → 40.4%
Turnout
— → —
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