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273. Raina

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-RAINA

CPM 65.4%won by 32.7%INC 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.1% to 32.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 85.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
80,596
Margin
26,331
32.67%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DHIRENDRA NATH CHATTERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM52,71165.4%
  2. 2CHOTTAPADHYAY SUKUMARIndian National Congress · INC26,38032.7%
  3. 3BASU RASH BEHARIJanata Party · JNP8151.0%
  4. 4MADAN BHATTACHARYAIndependent · IND5580.7%
  5. 5RENUKA MITRAIndependent · IND1320.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−8.5%
CPM share
63.4% → 65.4%
INC share
22.3% → 32.7%
Turnout
— → —
272. Khandaghosh274. Jamalpur
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