Constituency
155. Beliaghata
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-BELIAGHATA
CPM 62.9%won by 27.2%INC 35.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.4% to 27.2%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.5% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — 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
70,411
Margin
19,179
27.24%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1KRISHNA PADA GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM44,27762.9%
- 2ASHOKE DEBIndian National Congress · INC25,09835.6%
- 3PREMA NANDA BOSEJanata Party · JNP1,0361.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −7.7%
- CPM share
- 55.8% → 62.9%
- INC share
- 20.9% → 35.6%
- Turnout
- — → —