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234. Manbazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-MANBAZAR

CPM 45.9%won by 1.7%INC 44.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.2% to 1.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 79.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
80,132
Margin
1,359
1.70%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1KAMALA KANTA MAHATOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,76045.9%
  2. 2SITARAM MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC35,40144.2%
  3. 3MAHADEV ROYIndependent · IND4,8566.1%
  4. 4GOPIBALLAV SINGH DEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,6762.1%
  5. 5NILKAMAL MAHATOIndependent · IND1,4391.8%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−5.5%
CPM share
43.5% → 45.9%
INC share
36.4% → 44.2%
Turnout
— → —
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