Constituency
242. Kashipur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-KASHIPUR
CPM 50.6%won by 12.3%INC 38.3%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.6% to 12.3%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.9% of the vote between them, up from 49.9% — 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
61,438
Margin
7,558
12.30%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SURENDRA NATH MAJHICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,09850.6%
- 2SUBHASH CHANDRA PATARIndian National Congress · INC23,54038.3%
- 3RAMPADA MAJHIIndependent · IND6,80011.1%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +5.1%
- CPM share
- 27.7% → 50.6%
- INC share
- 20.6% → 38.3%
- Turnout
- — → —