Constituency
211. Contai South
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-CONTAI-SOUTH
INC 55.8%won by 23.3%IND 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 7.4% to 55.8% of the vote here (+48.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.3% of the vote between them, up from 82.7% — 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
67,404
Margin
15,727
23.33%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1ADHIKARY SISIRIndian National Congress · INC37,62455.8%
- 2DEEPAK MONDALIndependent · IND21,89732.5%
- 3SUKHENDU MAITYCommunist Party of India · CPI4,3576.5%
- 4SATYABRATA MAITYJanata Party · JNP3,1224.6%
- 5ANIL RAOIndependent · IND4040.6%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- JNP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +26.2%
- INC share
- 7.4% → 55.8%
- IND share
- 10.3% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —