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Constituency

188. Balagarh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BALAGARH

CPM 58.6%won by 17.1%INC 41.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.6% to 17.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 79.7% — 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
76,305
Margin
13,085
17.15%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−26.5%
CPM share
61.6% 58.6%
INC share
18.0% 41.4%
Turnout