Constituency
206. Nandigram
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-NANDIGRAM
CPI 54.3%won by 11.5%INC 42.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 11.5%.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 20.5% to 54.3% of the vote here (+33.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 65.1% — 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
80,548
Margin
9,251
11.49%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPI- 1BHUPAL PANDACommunist Party of India · CPI43,76754.3%
- 2RAMESH CHANDRA GHARAIIndian National Congress · INC34,51642.9%
- 3PRASANTA GAYAENJanata Party · JNP2,0572.6%
- 4JAGADISH CHANDRA DASIndependent · IND2080.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +6.1%
- CPI share
- 20.5% → 54.3%
- INC share
- 15.1% → 42.9%
- Turnout
- — → —