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Constituency

166. Domjur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-DOMJUR

CPM 58.3%won by 18.3%INC 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.8% to 18.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.3% of the vote between them, up from 87.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
86,824
Margin
15,892
18.30%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−24.5%
CPM share
65.1% 58.3%
INC share
22.3% 40.0%
Turnout