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Constituency

271. Burdwan South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-BURDWAN-SOUTH

CPM 51.1%won by 4.0%INC 47.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.1% to 4.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 81.6% — 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
86,807
Margin
3,512
4.05%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−18.0%
CPM share
51.8% 51.1%
INC share
29.8% 47.1%
Turnout