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Constituency

289. Mahammad Bazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-MAHAMMAD-BAZAR

CPM 59.1%won by 24.9%INC 34.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.5% to 24.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.3% of the vote between them, up from 80.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
73,313
Margin
18,276
24.93%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+5.5%
CPM share
50.1% 59.1%
INC share
30.6% 34.2%
Turnout