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157. Vidyasagar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-VIDYASAGAR

CPM 52.4%won by 8.8%INC 43.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 8.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
59,819
Margin
5,274
8.82%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1LAKSHMI KANT DEYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,35452.4%
  2. 2BIREN MAHANTIIndian National Congress · INC26,08043.6%
  3. 3RAMESHWAR DASIndependent · IND1,0091.7%
  4. 4SHAHNAWAZ ALAMJanata Party · JNP8601.4%
  5. 5SAYED QUAZMIIndependent · IND4780.8%
  6. 6ZAHRUL ISLAMIndependent · IND380.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−8.7%
CPM share
41.7% → 52.4%
INC share
24.2% → 43.6%
Turnout
— → —
156. Sealdah158. Burtola
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