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Constituency

260. Asansol

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-ASANSOL

CPM 52.7%won by 7.3%INC 45.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.1% to 7.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — 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
66,244
Margin
4,823
7.28%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BEJOY PALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,91652.7%
  2. 2BANERJEE SUKUMARIndian National Congress · INC30,09345.4%
  3. 3SAMARENDRA CHAKRABABARTYJanata Party · JNP5480.8%
  4. 4NANI GOPAL BOURIIndependent · IND2680.4%
  5. 5BRAJ NANDAN PROSADIndependent · IND2130.3%
  6. 6MD. IDRISHIndependent · IND2060.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−5.8%
CPM share
46.6% → 52.7%
INC share
33.5% → 45.4%
Turnout
— → —
259. Hirapur261. Raniganj
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