Constituency
220. Garhbeta East
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-GARHBETA-EAST
CPM 53.0%won by 9.5%INC 43.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.4% to 9.5%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 58.9% — 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
72,998
Margin
6,941
9.51%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1SUVENDU MANDALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM38,68753.0%
- 2SARAT KUMAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC31,74643.5%
- 3SOREN MADANIndependent · IND1,2121.7%
- 4PANCHANA SINHA ROYJanata Party · JNP1,0191.4%
- 5ARABINDA GHOSHIndependent · IND3340.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −3.6%
- CPM share
- 32.2% → 53.0%
- INC share
- 19.0% → 43.5%
- Turnout
- — → —