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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Bow Bazar

Assembly constituency 145 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#145 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors88,019
Votes polled51,725
Turnout58.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAbdul Rauf AnsariIndian National Congress26,00151.4% of votes
MARGIN3,386 votes · 6.5 pp26,001 − 22,615
Runner-upAbul Hasan Communist Party of India (Marxist)22,61544.7% of votes
INC 53.5% of top-two votesCPI(M) 46.5%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Abdul Rauf AnsariINC26,001 51.4%
  2. 02 Abul HasanCPI(M)22,615 44.7%
  3. 03 Anindya Gopal MitraBJP1,602 3.2%
  4. 04 Ramendra Bhusan SinghIND252 0.5%
  5. 05 Md. Salim KhanIND161 0.3%

Turnout 58.8%

025507510058.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 78.7%
Male 62,20270.7% Female 25,81729.3%

Share of 88,019 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males415
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 50,631Residual 1,094

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    0.2 pp
    Agniswar NaskarBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    10.0 pp
    Mohan Chandra NaskarAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    8.4 pp
    Sonali Guha (BOSE)All India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    9.9 pp
    Sonali Guha (BOSE)All India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2009
    62.7 pp
    Swarna Kamal SahaAll India Trinamool Congress
  6. 2006
    11.5 pp
    Sudip BandyopadhyayIndian National Congress
  7. 2001
    23.7 pp
    Nayna BandyopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress
  8. 1998
    3.5 pp
    Ajit PandeyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1996
    30.6 pp
    Sudip BandyopadhyayIndian National Congress
  10. 1991
    21.2 pp
    Sudip BandyopadhyayIndian National Congress
  11. 1987
    19.6 pp
    Sudip BandyopadhyayIndian National Congress
  12. 1982
    6.5 pp
    Abdul Rauf AnsariIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    6.3 pp
    Abul HasanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  14. 1972
    39.4 pp
    Somendra Nath MitraIndian National Congress
  15. 1971
    25.6 pp
    Benoy BanerjeeIndian National Congress
  16. 1969
    10.6 pp
    Jatin ChakravortyRevolutionary Socialist Party
  17. 1967
    9.1 pp
    P . C . ChunderIndian National Congress
  18. 1962
    5.0 pp
    Bejoy Bhusan MondalForward Bloc

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 62.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 94.0% of votes; the other 3 candidates 3.9% between them.

    (26,001 + 22,615) ÷ 51,725 = 94.0% · 2,015 ÷ 51,725 = 3.9%

  2. Turnout of 58.8% was 19.9 pp below the state's median seat (78.7%).

    58.8 − 78.7 = −19.9

  3. The margin widened from 6.3 pp in 1977 to 6.5 pp.

    6.5 − 6.3 = +0.2 pp

  4. Abul Hasan, the 1977 winner, finished second in 1982.

    1977 winner name = 1982 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines50,631
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled51,725
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,094

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,094, 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

Candidates5 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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