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161. Bally

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BALLY

CPM 54.3%won by 10.9%INC 43.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.7% to 10.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 84.8% — 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
73,666
Margin
8,007
10.87%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PATIT PABAN PATHAKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,97054.3%
  2. 2BANI KUMAR SINGHAIndian National Congress · INC31,96343.4%
  3. 3SARAT CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAYSUC · SUC9261.3%
  4. 4MADAN KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND5160.7%
  5. 5SALENDRANATH GHOSHIndependent · IND2910.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−22.8%
CPM share
59.2% → 54.3%
INC share
25.6% → 43.4%
Turnout
— → —
160. Belgachia West162. Howrah North
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