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243. Hura

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-HURA

CPM 48.9%won by 10.6%ICS 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 10.6%.

  • New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 38.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.2% of the vote between them, up from 54.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
70,257
Margin
7,435
10.58%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1AMBARISH MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,36348.9%
  2. 2BHOLA NATH MAHATOICS · ICS26,92838.3%
  3. 3BILAM CHANDRA MURMUIndependent · IND4,7866.8%
  4. 4PARIKSHIT MAHATOSUC · SUC2,8244.0%
  5. 5RAJ RAJESWARI PRASADJanata Party · JNP4250.6%
  6. 6BHIKSHAKAR MAHATOIndependent · IND4080.6%
  7. 7ANIL MAHATOLKD · LKD2060.3%
  8. 8SAKTI PADA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1660.2%
  9. 9KARALI PADA PATIIndependent · IND1510.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–ICS swing
−17.7%
CPM share
28.3% → 48.9%
ICS share
0.0% → 38.3%
Turnout
— → —
242. Kashipur244. Taldangra
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