Constituency
159. Manicktola
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-MANICKTOLA
CPM 59.8%won by 21.4%INC 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.4% to 21.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 72.4% — 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
78,844
Margin
16,868
21.39%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SHYAMAL CHAKRABARTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,16159.8%
- 2DULALESWAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC30,29338.4%
- 3ASIM BANERJEEJanata Party · JNP1,0311.3%
- 4PANCHANAN MANDALIndependent · IND3590.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −7.4%
- CPM share
- 48.9% → 59.8%
- INC share
- 20.2% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- — → —