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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Ranaghat West

Assembly constituency 81 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#81 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants2
Electors1,07,735
Votes polled87,124
Turnout80.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerGourchandra KunduCommunist Party of India (Marxist)46,60754.6% of votes
MARGIN7,792 votes · 8.9 pp46,607 − 38,815
Runner-upBenoy Chaterjee Indian National Congress38,81545.4% of votes
CPI(M) 54.6% of top-two votesINC 45.4%

All candidates 2

  1. 01 Gourchandra KunduCPI(M)46,607 54.6%
  2. 02 Benoy ChaterjeeINC38,815 45.4%

Turnout 80.9%

025507510080.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 78.7%
Male 57,33353.2% Female 50,40246.8%

Share of 1,07,735 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males879
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
  • ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 85,422Residual 1,702

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    8.4 pp
    Santanu DeyBharatiya Janata Party
  2. 2021
    10.2 pp
    Kallol KhanAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2016
    3.3 pp
    Kallol KhanAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2011
    10.1 pp
    Kallol KhanAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2006
    0.1 pp
    Aloke Kumar DasCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 2001
    10.1 pp
    Sankar SinghaIndian National Congress
  7. 1996
    2.6 pp
    Sankar SinghaIndian National Congress
  8. 1991
    2.4 pp
    Subhaas BasuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  9. 1987
    8.7 pp
    Gourchandra KunduCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  10. 1982
    8.9 pp
    Gourchandra KunduCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  11. 1977
    33.1 pp
    Kundu GourchandraCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  12. 1972
    7.4 pp
    Keshab Chandra BattacharjeeIndependent
  13. 1971
    10.8 pp
    Nani KarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  14. 1969
    25.1 pp
    Sadhan Kumar SenCommunist Party of India
  15. 1967
    2.1 pp
    S.K.SenCommunist Party of India
  16. 1962
    27.6 pp
    Maulana Bazlur Rahaman DargapuriIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 33.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Turnout of 80.9% was 2.2 pp above the state's median seat (78.7%).

    80.9 − 78.7 = +2.2

  2. The margin narrowed from 33.1 pp in 1977 to 8.9 pp.

    8.9 − 33.1 = −24.2 pp

  3. CPI(M) held the seat it won in 1977.

    1977 CPI(M) · 1982 CPI(M)

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines85,422
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled87,124
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,702

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,702, 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

Candidates2 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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