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West Bengal assembly election, May 1982

The 9th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
174 seats · majority
Candidates
1,204
23 women, 5 elected
Turnout
75.11%
2.25 cr of 2.99 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • CPM174
  • INC49
  • FBL28
  • RSP19
  • IND11
  • CPI7
  • ICS4
  • SUC2

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (1977)

INC
+29
JNP
-29
CPI
+5
CPM
-4
FBL
+3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)174-420953.8%86,55,37138.49%+3.031
INCIndian National Congress49+2925041.9%80,35,28235.73%+12.722
FBLAll India Forward Bloc28+33451.4%13,27,8495.91%+0.670
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party19-12350.5%9,01,7234.01%+0.271
INDIndependent11+14484.8%15,71,0986.99%+0.07408
CPICommunist Party of India7+51247.8%4,07,6601.81%-0.811
ICSIndian Congress (Socialist)4—2840.6%8,85,5353.94%—1
SUCSUC2-2349.0%2,32,5731.03%-0.4428
JNPJanata Party0-29932.7%1,87,5130.83%-19.1990
BJPBharatiya Janata Party0—523.4%1,29,9940.58%—51
MULIndian Union Muslim League0-1441.4%1,29,1160.57%+0.190
LKDLok Dal0—161.9%22,3610.10%—16
JMMJharkhand Mukti Morcha0—11.8%1,2680.01%—1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in West Bengal at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 1982

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
DANTANWest BengalCPIKANAI BHOWMIKJNPPRADYOT KUMAR MAHANTI35,63849.06%
MAGRAHAT EASTWest BengalCPMRADHIKA RANJAN PRAMANIKINCNIRMAL KANTI MONDAL27,75239.82%
SATGACHIAWest BengalCPMJYOTI BASUINCDINABANDHU BAIRAGI27,08636.53%
AUSGRAMWest BengalCPMSREEDHAR MALIKINCCHANCHAL KUMAR MONDAL28,56936.15%
ULUBERIA SOUTHWest BengalFBLRABINDRA GHOSHINCMINATI ADHIKARI25,59635.26%
BEHALA EASTWest BengalCPMNIRANJAN MUKHERJEEINCBALARAM GOSWAMI31,32434.96%
JADAVPURWest BengalCPMSANKAR GUPTAINCSACHIN MUKHERJEE33,35434.59%
NARGHATWest BengalINDBANKIM BEHARI MAITYINDSWADESH KUMAR MANNA28,40334.33%
KHARDAHWest BengalCPMKAMAL SARKARINCNIRMAL GHOSH28,41034.22%
DUM DUMWest BengalCPMSANTI RANJAN GHATAKINCLAL BAHADUR SINGH34,56733.54%

Closest results of May 1982

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
TITAGARHWest BengalINCGANGA PRASAD SHACPMMOHAMMED AMIN1320.20%
KURSEONGWest BengalCPMH. B. RAIINCDAWA NORBULA2810.47%
JOYNAGARWest BengalSUCDEVA PRASAD SARKARICSKUMUD BHATTACHERJEE4100.51%
DARJEELINGWest BengalCPMDAWA LAMAINDJ. D. S. RAI3090.53%
PURSURAHWest BengalINCSANTI MOHUN ROYCPMBISHNU PADA BERA4410.57%
MAHISHADALWest BengalCPMDINABANDU MONDALINCRAMANI MOHAN MAITY4310.62%
RATUAWest BengalINCSAMAR MUKHERJEECPMMOHAMMAD ALI4450.63%
SAGARDIGHIWest BengalCPMBISWAS HAZARIINCNRISINHA KUMAR MONDAL4490.66%
MANIKCHAKWest BengalINCJOKHILAL MANDALCPMSUBODH CHAUDHURI4700.67%
GARDEN REACHWest BengalINCSHAMSUZZOHACPMCHHEDI LAL SINGH4620.69%