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Constituency

198. Daspur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-DASPUR

CPM 58.5%won by 18.7%INC 39.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.7% to 18.7%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.3% of the vote between them, up from 82.5% — 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
74,421
Margin
13,898
18.67%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−20.9%
CPM share
57.1% 58.5%
INC share
17.5% 39.8%
Turnout