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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982

294 seats · 77 changed party since 1977

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 174 seatsIndian National Congress — 49 seatsFBL — 28 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 19 seatsIndependent — 11 seatsCommunist Party of India — 7 seatsICS — 4 seats1 other parties — 2 seats148294of 294 seats
  • CPM174
  • INC49
  • FBL28
  • RSP19
  • IND11
  • CPI7
  • ICS4
  • Others2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)17459%86,55,37138.5%209
INCIndian National Congress4917%80,35,28235.7%250
FBLFBL2810%13,27,8495.9%34
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party196%9,01,7234.0%23
INDIndependent114%15,71,0987.0%448
CPICommunist Party of India72%4,07,6601.8%12
ICSICS41%8,85,5353.9%28
SUCSUC21%2,32,5731.0%34

+ 5 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1982 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 148

1982 · selected
Majority 148
CPM174INC49FBL28RSP19IND11CPI7ICS4SUC2
1977 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1977 → 1982

1977 1982· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
35.5
38.5
23.0
35.7
5.2
5.9
3.7
4.0
6.9
7.0
0.0
3.9
20.0
0.8
CPMINCFBLRSPINDICSJNP

Seat change

1982 seats minus 1977 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
178 → 174
−4
INC
20 → 49
+29
FBL
25 → 28
+3
RSP
20 → 19
−1
IND
10 → 11
+1
CPI
2 → 7
+5
ICS
0 → 4
+4
SUC
4 → 2
−2
JNP
29 → 0
−29
MUL
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1977 → 1982

share lostshare gained
INC
23.0% → 35.7%
+12.7%
ICS
0.0% → 3.9%
+3.9%
CPM
35.5% → 38.5%
+3.0%
FBL
5.2% → 5.9%
+0.7%
BJP
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
RCI
0.4% → 0.0%
−0.4%
SUC
1.5% → 1.0%
−0.4%
CPI
2.6% → 1.8%
−0.8%
JNP
20.0% → 0.8%
−19.2%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1977 → 1982. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Ramnagar
−67.5%
Bhatar
+65.2%
Bhagabangola
−59.4%
Contai South
−58.3%
Arambagh
−58.2%
Mugberia
−56.8%
Singur
−55.8%
Khajuri
−48.6%
Bagdaha
−48.5%
Hasnabad
+46.7%
Chandernagore
−46.5%
Nandigram
−45.9%

Closest races · 1982

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1982

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1977