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Constituency

249. Gangajalghati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-GANGAJALGHATI

CPM 60.3%won by 20.6%INC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 47.5% to 20.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 86.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
75,360
Margin
15,526
20.60%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−26.9%
CPM share
67.2% 60.3%
INC share
19.7% 39.7%
Turnout