Constituency
150. Tollygunge
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-TOLLYGUNGE
CPM 60.7%won by 25.5%INC 35.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.4% to 25.5%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 81.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
68,967
Margin
17,563
25.47%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1PRASANTA KUMAR SURCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM41,85760.7%
- 2DATTA ASIMIndian National Congress · INC24,29435.2%
- 3DEVAPRASAD CHATTERJEEJanata Party · JNP2,5363.7%
- 4MOLOY SANYALIndependent · IND2800.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +8.1%
- CPM share
- 49.4% → 60.7%
- INC share
- 32.1% → 35.2%
- Turnout
- — → —