Constituency
153. Entally
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-ENTALLY
CPM 57.8%won by 17.8%INC 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.7% to 17.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 73.1% — a tighter two-way 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
49,001
Margin
8,722
17.80%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1MD. NIZAMUDDINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM28,30957.8%
- 2SULTAN AHMEDIndian National Congress · INC19,58740.0%
- 3ASHOK BAGCHIJanata Party · JNP5041.0%
- 4BHABATOSH BANIKIndependent · IND2460.5%
- 5JAYAPRASAD JAISWALIndependent · IND2300.5%
- 6RABI CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND1250.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −8.2%
- CPM share
- 46.9% → 57.8%
- INC share
- 20.9% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- — → —