Constituency
246. Ranibandh
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1982
WB-RANIBANDH
CPM 56.9%won by 26.3%IND 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.3% to 26.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
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
66,657
Margin
17,519
26.28%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1RAMPADA MANDICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,89956.9%
- 2JALESWAR SARENIndependent · IND20,38030.6%
- 3ANIL KOYDAIndependent · IND4,1946.3%
- 4SUCHAND SARENIndependent · IND2,5653.8%
- 5RABINDRA HANSDAJanata Party · JNP1,6192.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–IND swing
- −32.5%
- CPM share
- 64.3% → 56.9%
- IND share
- 5.5% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- — → —