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Constituency

175. Amta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-AMTA

CPM 56.9%won by 16.1%INC 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.9% to 16.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 87.5% — 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
74,569
Margin
12,041
16.15%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−29.8%
CPM share
66.7% 56.9%
INC share
20.8% 40.8%
Turnout