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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Maheshtala

Assembly constituency 115 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#115 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2
Electors1,01,093
Votes polled66,905
Turnout66.2%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerMir Abdus SayeedCommunist Party of India (Marxist)40,52363.2% of votes
MARGIN16,876 votes · 25.2 pp40,523 − 23,647
Runner-upDilip Ghose Independent23,64736.9% of votes
CPI(M) 63.1% of top-two votesIND 36.9%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 Mir Abdus SayeedCPI(M)40,523 63.2%
  2. 02 Dilip GhoseIND23,647 36.9%

Turnout 66.2%

025507510066.2%TURNOUT◦ state median 78.7%
Male 55,77955.2% Female 45,31444.8%

Share of 1,01,093 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males812
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 64,170Residual 2,735

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    0.1 pp
    Piyush KanodiaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    24.2 pp
    Tapash ChatterjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    4.7 pp
    Sabya Sachi DuttaAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    4.7 pp
    Sabyasachi DuttaAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    21.2 pp
    Mursalin MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 2001
    8.9 pp
    Mursalin MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  7. 1996
    9.7 pp
    Mursalin MollaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  8. 1991
    18.3 pp
    Abdul BasarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1987
    12.5 pp
    Abul BasarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    25.2 pp
    Mir Abdus SayeedCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1979
    56.4 pp
    M.A.SayeedCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1977
    37.4 pp
    Sudhir BhandariCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  13. 1972
    0.9 pp
    Satya Ranjan BapulyIndian National Congress
  14. 1971
    24.1 pp
    Rabin MondalSocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  15. 1969
    18.0 pp
    Rabin MondalSocialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
  16. 1967
    6.1 pp
    R.MandalIndependent
  17. 1962
    6.9 pp
    Siddhartha Shankar RayIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 56.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 66.2% was 12.5 pp below the state's median seat (78.7%).

    66.2 − 78.7 = −12.5

  2. The margin narrowed from 56.4 pp in 1979 to 25.2 pp.

    25.2 − 56.4 = −31.2 pp

  3. CPI(M) held the seat it won in 1979.

    1979 CPI(M) · 1982 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines64,170
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled66,905
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 2,735

Candidate votes miss the published total by 2,735, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1982 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 294 seats on the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1982 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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