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Constituency

229. Nayagram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-NAYAGRAM

CPM 53.3%won by 9.8%IND 43.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.3% to 9.8%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 42.6% — 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
68,972
Margin
6,769
9.81%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMIND swing
+2.9%
CPM share
24.4% 53.3%
IND share
17.5% 43.5%
Turnout