Constituency
197. Ghatal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-GHATAL
CPM 58.5%won by 17.8%INC 40.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.3% to 17.8%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.1% of the vote between them, up from 87.7% — 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
81,427
Margin
14,525
17.84%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1GOPAL MANDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,60758.5%
- 2BAG NIMAIIndian National Congress · INC33,08240.6%
- 3DURGA PADA SANTRAIndependent · IND7380.9%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −23.8%
- CPM share
- 54.0% → 58.5%
- INC share
- 12.3% → 40.6%
- Turnout
- — → —