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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Harishchandrapur

Assembly constituency 42 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#42 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants7
Electors96,600
Votes polled76,584
Turnout79.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAbdul WahedIndian National Congress26,02834.8% of votes
MARGIN9,280 votes · 12.1 pp26,028 − 16,748
Runner-upSubhash Chaudhury All India Forward Bloc16,74822.4% of votes
INC 60.8% of top-two votesAIFB 39.2%

All candidates 7

  1. 01 Abdul WahedINC26,028 34.8%
  2. 02 Subhash ChaudhuryAIFB16,748 22.4%
  3. 03 Birenedra Kumar MaitraJNP15,641 20.9%
  4. 04 Elias RaziIND14,434 19.3%
  5. 05 Gopalji KediaIND806 1.1%
  6. 06 Md. Nausad AliIND802 1.1%
  7. 07 RazzakIND272 0.4%

Turnout 79.3%

025507510079.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 78.7%
Male 49,43551.2% Female 47,16548.8%

Share of 96,600 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males954
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 7 candidates = 74,731Residual 1,853

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    1.0 pp
    Biplab MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  2. 2021
    12.2 pp
    Biplab MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    2.7 pp
    Rafikul IslamCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  4. 2011
    5.2 pp
    Biplab MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    1.5 pp
    Tajmul HossainAll India Forward Bloc
  6. 2001
    1.8 pp
    Alam MostaqueIndian National Congress
  7. 1996
    2.0 pp
    Birendra Kumar MaitraAll India Forward Bloc
  8. 1991
    11.0 pp
    Birendra Kumar MoitraAll India Forward Bloc
  9. 1987
    16.5 pp
    Birendra Kumar MitraAll India Forward Bloc
  10. 1982
    12.1 pp
    Abdul WahedIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    4.8 pp
    Birendra Kumar MaitraJanata Party
  12. 1972
    23.7 pp
    Bimal DasCommunist Party of India
  13. 1971
    4.9 pp
    Bimal Kanti DasCommunist Party of India
  14. 1969
    22.8 pp
    Bimal Kanti DasCommunist Party of India
  15. 1967
    7.6 pp
    S.G.SenIndian National Congress
  16. 1962
    12.2 pp
    Lutfal HoqueIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed JNP polled 15,641 votes, 1.7× the 9,280-vote margin.

    15,641 ÷ 9,280 = 1.7

  2. The top two polled 55.9% of votes; the other 5 candidates 41.7% between them.

    (26,028 + 16,748) ÷ 76,584 = 55.9% · 31,955 ÷ 76,584 = 41.7%

  3. Turnout of 79.3% was 0.6 pp above the state's median seat (78.7%).

    79.3 − 78.7 = +0.6

  4. The margin widened from 4.8 pp in 1977 to 12.1 pp.

    12.1 − 4.8 = +7.3 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: JNP in 1977, INC in 1982.

    1977 JNP · 1982 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 7 candidate lines74,731
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled76,584
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,853

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,853, 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

Candidates7 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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