Constituency
162. Howrah North
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-HOWRAH-NORTH
INC 51.4%won by 5.8%CPM 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.8%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.9% to 51.4% of the vote here (+19.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.4% — 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
76,349
Margin
4,440
5.82%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1ASHOKE GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC39,23451.4%
- 2CHITTABRATA MAJUMDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,79445.6%
- 3ANIL SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9931.3%
- 4KRISHNA KUMAR SINGHJanata Party · JNP7180.9%
- 5LALTAPRASAD ASTANALKD · LKD2740.4%
- 6CHITTARANJAN DEYIndependent · IND1860.2%
- 7ANIL BARAN DASIndependent · IND1500.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +22.4%
- INC share
- 31.9% → 51.4%
- CPM share
- 48.5% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —