Constituency
232. Binpur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-BINPUR
CPM 46.9%won by 14.0%IND 32.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 14.0%.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.9% — it polled just 0.4% in 1977.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.7% of the vote between them, up from 53.5% — 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
69,638
Margin
9,743
13.99%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SAMBHU NATH MANDICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,63746.9%
- 2NARENDRA NATH HANSDAIndependent · IND22,89432.9%
- 3TUSHAR TUDUIndian National Congress · INC14,10720.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −14.3%
- CPM share
- 28.7% → 46.9%
- IND share
- 0.4% → 32.9%
- Turnout
- — → —