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Constituency

282. Ketugram

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-KETUGRAM

CPM 56.5%won by 12.9%INC 43.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.3% to 12.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — 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 81.2% — 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
77,518
Margin
10,000
12.90%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−29.4%
CPM share
61.8% 56.5%
INC share
19.5% 43.5%
Turnout