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Constituency

145. Bow Bazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BOW-BAZAR

INC 51.4%won by 6.7%CPM 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 22.5% to 51.4% of the vote here (+28.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — 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
50,631
Margin
3,386
6.69%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+22.7%
INC share
22.5% 51.4%
CPM share
38.5% 44.7%
Turnout