Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Bolpur

Assembly constituency 284 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#284 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors93,455

Votes polled72,595

Turnout77.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerJyotsna Kumar GuptaRevolutionary Socialist Party37,65653.1% of votes

MARGIN5,757 votes · 7.9 pp37,656 − 31,899

Runner-upSushovan Banerjee Indian National Congress31,89945.0% of votes

RSP 54.1% of top-two votesINC 45.9%

All candidates 3

01 Jyotsna Kumar GuptaRSP37,656 53.1%
02 Sushovan BanerjeeINC31,899 45.0%
03 Pradyot Kumar HatiBJP1,315 1.9%

Turnout 77.7%

Male 47,55150.9% Female 45,90449.1%

Share of 93,455 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males965
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 70,870Residual 1,725

Seat history 2026–1977

2026
12.6 pp
Anup Kumar SahaBharatiya Janata Party
2021
1.9 pp
Anup Kumar SahaBharatiya Janata Party
2016
22.3 pp
Chandra Naresh BauriAll India Trinamool Congress
2011
1.7 pp
Bijoy BagdiAll India Forward Bloc
2006
34.1 pp
Tapan HoreRevolutionary Socialist Party
2001
12.7 pp
Tapan HoreRevolutionary Socialist Party
1996
36.7 pp
Tapan HoreRevolutionary Socialist Party
1991
10.4 pp
Tapan HoreRevolutionary Socialist Party
1987
11.3 pp
Tarapada GhoshRevolutionary Socialist Party
1984
5.2 pp
S.BanerjeeIndian National Congress
1982
7.9 pp
Jyotsna Kumar GuptaRevolutionary Socialist Party
1977
14.9 pp
Jyotsna Kumar GuptaRevolutionary Socialist Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 95.8% of votes; the other 1 candidate 1.8% between them.
(37,656 + 31,899) ÷ 72,595 = 95.8% · 1,315 ÷ 72,595 = 1.8%
Turnout of 77.7% was 1.0 pp below the state's median seat (78.7%).
77.7 − 78.7 = −1.0
The margin narrowed from 14.9 pp in 1977 to 7.9 pp.
7.9 − 14.9 = −7.0 pp
Jyotsna Kumar Gupta also won in 1977.
1977 winner name = 1982 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines70,870
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled72,595
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,725

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,725, 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