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Constituency

139. Belgachia East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BELGACHIA-EAST

CPM 56.0%won by 14.0%INC 42.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.0% to 14.0%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.8% — 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
1,05,183
Margin
14,723
14.00%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−21.2%
CPM share
55.4% 56.0%
INC share
20.2% 42.0%
Turnout