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West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1981

Results board · 8 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
8
Constituencies
Majority
5
Seats needed of 8
Electors
7.68L
On the roll
Votes polled
5.44L
70.8% of electors
Median turnout
71.8%
Median of 8 seats
CPI(M) margin
0
Exactly at majority · 5 − 5

[01]Seat matrix

8 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 8 seats: CPI(M) 5, INC 2, CPI 1. Majority line at 5 seats. Hemicycle of 8 seats: CPI(M) 5, INC 2, CPI 1. Majority line at 5 seats.
Majority · 5 of 8CPI(M) 5 · at majority
CPI(M) 562.5% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
INC 225.0% Indian National Congress
CPI 112.5% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for West Bengal 1981.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Kharba was decided by 3,422 votes, the closest of 8 seats; Jadavpur had the widest margin, 27,273.

    min / max of margin over 8 seats with a recorded margin

  2. Turnout ran from 46.9% in Darjeeling to 94.5% in Kharba; the median seat polled 71.8%.

    min / median / max over 8 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

8 of 8 seats carry a turnout
025507510071.8%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 112.5% of seats
50–60 112.5% of seats
60–70 225.0% of seats
70–80 112.5% of seats
≥ 80% 337.5% of seats
  • LowestDarjeeling46.9%
  • HighestKharba94.5%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

8 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1981, all 8 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
23 Darjeeling T.D.Lama Communist Party of India (Marxist) 42,807 7,349 17.2 46.9
37 Kumarganj R.D.Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist) 81,911 11,295 13.8 93.9
41 KharbaCLOSEST M.Haque Indian National Congress 77,324 3,422 4.4 94.5
48 Suzapur H.Choudhary Indian National Congress 68,986 19,506 28.3 83.3
108 JadavpurWIDEST K.Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 67,979 27,273 40.1 67.3
138 Dum Dum S.R.Ghatak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 76,487 26,496 34.6 62.9
159 Maniktola S.Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) 54,909 15,355 28.0 51.6
223 Mindnapore K.C.Ghosh Communist Party of India 73,184 14,724 20.1 76.3
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 27,273 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1981 · West Bengal · 8 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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