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Constituency

170. Uluberia North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-ULUBERIA-NORTH

CPM 55.0%won by 12.5%INC 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 47.5% to 12.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 84.7% — 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
74,155
Margin
9,293
12.53%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−39.5%
CPM share
66.1% 55.0%
INC share
14.1% 42.5%
Turnout