Constituency
191. Dhaniakhali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-DHANIAKHALI
FBL 54.8%won by 10.4%INC 44.4%
What changed here
DerivedFBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.4% to 10.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.8% — 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
78,824
Margin
8,191
10.39%
Candidates
4 contested · winner FBL- 1KRIPA SINDHU SAHAFBL · FBL43,15854.8%
- 2KASHINATH PATRAIndian National Congress · INC34,96744.4%
- 3GURU CHARAN MANNAIndependent · IND3740.5%
- 4MOHAN MAJHIIndependent · IND3250.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- FBL
- Winner now
- FBL
- FBL–INC swing
- −26.0%
- FBL share
- 58.6% → 54.8%
- INC share
- 22.2% → 44.4%
- Turnout
- — → —