Constituency
163. Howrah Central
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-HOWRAH-CENTRAL
INC 52.3%won by 9.0%IND 43.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 22.2% to 52.3% of the vote here (+30.1%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — 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
68,726
Margin
6,169
8.98%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1AMBICA BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC35,95452.3%
- 2SUDHIN KUMARIndependent · IND29,78543.3%
- 3SUKUMAR BANERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,5772.3%
- 4SURESWAR DATTALKD · LKD5580.8%
- 5SAILENDRA NATH HAITIndependent · IND5260.8%
- 6DURGADAS KANRARIndependent · IND3260.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +31.3%
- INC share
- 22.2% → 52.3%
- IND share
- 44.5% → 43.3%
- Turnout
- — → —