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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Kurseong

Assembly constituency 24 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#24 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants3
Electors98,239
Votes polled61,400
Turnout62.5%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerH. B. RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)28,17047.6% of votes
MARGIN281 votes · 0.5 pp28,170 − 27,889
Runner-upDawa Norbula Indian National Congress27,88947.1% of votes
CPI(M) 50.3% of top-two votesINC 49.7%

All candidates 3

  1. 01 H. B. RaiCPI(M)28,170 47.6%
  2. 02 Dawa NorbulaINC27,889 47.1%
  3. 03 Bishnu GahatrajIND3,171 5.4%

Turnout 62.5%

025507510062.5%TURNOUT◦ state median 78.7%
Male 49,88650.8% Female 48,35349.2%

Share of 98,239 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males969
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 59,230Residual 2,170

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    9.4 pp
    Sonam LamaBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    9.0 pp
    Bishnu Prasad Sharma (alias B.P. Bajgain)Bharatiya Janata Party
  3. 2016
    21.5 pp
    Rohit SharmaGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  4. 2011
    60.3 pp
    Rohit SharmaGorkha Janmukti Morcha
  5. 2006
    27.9 pp
    Shanta ChhetriGorkha National Liberation Front
  6. 2001
    29.6 pp
    Shanta ChettriGorkha National Liberation Front
  7. 1996
    16.4 pp
    Shanta ChhetriGorkha National Liberation Front
  8. 1991
    13.3 pp
    Nar Bahadur ChettriIndependent
  9. 1987
    52.2 pp
    Harka Bahadur RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    0.5 pp
    H. B. RaiCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1977
    3.5 pp
    Dawa NorbulaIndian National Congress
  12. 1972
    24.5 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  13. 1971
    10.4 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  14. 1969
    24.8 pp
    Iswar Chandra TirkeyIndian National Congress
  15. 1967
    16.1 pp
    T.WangoiIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    6.8 pp
    Phanis Chandra SinhaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 60.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed IND polled 3,171 votes, 11× the 281-vote margin.

    3,171 ÷ 281 = 11.3

  2. The top two polled 91.3% of votes; the other 1 candidate 5.2% between them.

    (28,170 + 27,889) ÷ 61,400 = 91.3% · 3,171 ÷ 61,400 = 5.2%

  3. Turnout of 62.5% was 16.2 pp below the state's median seat (78.7%).

    62.5 − 78.7 = −16.2

  4. The margin narrowed from 3.5 pp in 1977 to 0.5 pp.

    0.5 − 3.5 = −3.0 pp

  5. Dawa Norbula, 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 3 candidate lines59,230
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled61,400
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 2,170

Candidate votes miss the published total by 2,170, 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

Candidates3 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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