Constituency
221. Garhbeta West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-GARHBETA-WEST
CPM 53.4%won by 14.4%INC 39.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.4% to 14.4%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 62.6% — 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
78,334
Margin
11,246
14.36%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1ANADI MALLACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM41,84953.4%
- 2MADAN MOHAN GURIAIndian National Congress · INC30,60339.1%
- 3DULEY BIBHUTIIndependent · IND5,8827.5%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −9.5%
- CPM share
- 37.5% → 53.4%
- INC share
- 13.7% → 39.1%
- Turnout
- — → —