State board · Vidhan Sabha

West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1979

Results board · 2 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha

StateWest Bengal

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 2

Electors

1.66L

On the roll

Votes polled

1.06L

64.0% of electors

Median turnout

63.8%

Median of 2 seats

CPI(M) short

−1

Below majority · 1 − 2

[01]Seat matrix

2 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 2 of 2CPI(M) 1 · 1 short of majority

CPI(M) 150.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

INC 150.0% Indian National Congress

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for West Bengal 1979.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Jaipur was decided by 2,021 votes, the closest of 2 seats; Maheshtola had the widest margin, 33,499.
min / max of margin over 2 seats with a recorded margin
Turnout ran from 58.9% in Jaipur to 68.7% in Maheshtola; the median seat polled 63.8%.
min / median / max over 2 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

2 of 2 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 150.0% of seats

60–70 150.0% of seats

70–80 00.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestJaipur58.9%
HighestMaheshtola68.7%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

2 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1979, all 2 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
115	MaheshtolaWIDEST	M.A.Sayeed	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	59,409	33,499	56.4	68.7
238	JaipurCLOSEST	S.M.(Garaphusra)	Indian National Congress	46,832	2,021	4.3	58.9

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 33,499 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1979 · West Bengal · 2 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database