Constituency

164. Howrah South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-HOWRAH-SOUTH

CPM 51.4%won by 5.0%INC 46.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.8% to 5.0%.

Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — 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

67,603

Margin

3,406

5.04%

3 contested · winner CPM

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