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Assembly constituency 202 (GEN) · West Bengal
[01]Result · 1982
#202 · GENAll candidates 4
Turnout 84.7%
Share of 99,519 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males943
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
- ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 83,030Residual 1,222
Seat history 2026–1962
- 2026
14.5 ppSusanta GhoshBharatiya Janata Party
- 2021
6.0 ppSusanta GhoshBharatiya Janata Party
- 2016
22.4 ppIqbal AhmedAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2011
15.1 ppIqbal AhmedAll India Trinamool Congress
- 2006
7.2 ppMitra JagannathCommunist Party of India
- 2001
5.3 ppNirbed RoyAll India Trinamool Congress
- 1996
0.2 ppAnil MudiIndian National Congress
- 1991
4.0 ppAnil MudiIndian National Congress
- 1987
8.8 ppSurajit Saran BagchiCommunist Party of India
- 1982
10.9 ppBiswanath MukherjeeCommunist Party of India
- 1977
0.2 ppBiswanath MukhopadhyayCommunist Party of India
- 1972
21.7 ppPrasanta Kumar SahooIndian National Congress
- 1971
2.2 ppAmarendra Krishna GoswamiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
- 1969
10.3 ppRoy Chaudhury BiswabrataBangal Congress
- 1967
17.6 ppB . MaityBangal Congress
- 1962
30.9 ppDebendra Nath MahatoIndian National Congress
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 30.9 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
The top two polled 92.3% of votes; the other 2 candidates 6.2% between them.
(43,457 + 34,312) ÷ 84,252 = 92.3% · 5,261 ÷ 84,252 = 6.2% -
Turnout of 84.7% was 6.0 pp above the state's median seat (78.7%).
84.7 − 78.7 = +6.0 -
The margin widened from 0.2 pp in 1977 to 10.9 pp.
10.9 − 0.2 = +10.7 pp -
CPI held the seat it won in 1977.
1977 CPI · 1982 CPI
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines83,030
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled84,252
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,222
Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,222, 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
Candidates4 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