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294. Murarai

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

WB-MURARAI

INC 49.3%won by 4.6%CPM 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.9% to 4.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.4% — 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
70,901
Margin
3,231
4.56%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOTAHAR HOSSAINIndian National Congress · INC34,93749.3%
  2. 2MATIUR RAHAMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,70644.7%
  3. 3RAFIQUL HASSANSUC · SUC3,2924.6%
  4. 4JALADHAR DUTTAIndependent · IND4170.6%
  5. 5GOKULENDU DASIndependent · IND3420.5%
  6. 6ABDUL JALILIndependent · IND2070.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−11.3%
INC share
50.6% → 49.3%
CPM share
34.7% → 44.7%
Turnout
— → —
293. Nalhati
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