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West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1985

Results board · 8 constituencies

HouseVidhan Sabha
StateWest Bengal
Seats
8
Constituencies
Majority
5
Seats needed of 8
Electors
7.61L
On the roll
Votes polled
6.36L
83.6% of electors
Median turnout
84.8%
Median of 8 seats
CPI(M) short
−1
Below majority · 4 − 5

[01]Seat matrix

8 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 8 seats: CPI(M) 4, INC 3, IND 1. Majority line at 5 seats. Hemicycle of 8 seats: CPI(M) 4, INC 3, IND 1. Majority line at 5 seats.
Majority · 5 of 8CPI(M) 4 · 1 short of majority
CPI(M) 450.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
INC 337.5% Indian National Congress
IND 112.5% Independents

[02]Vote share

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for West Bengal 1985.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Aurangabad was decided by 1,133 votes, the closest of 8 seats; Kandi had the widest margin, 26,043.

    min / max of margin over 8 seats with a recorded margin

  2. Turnout ran from 66.2% in Burtola to 94.6% in Khandaghosh; the median seat polled 84.8%.

    min / median / max over 8 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

8 of 8 seats carry a turnout
025507510084.8%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 112.5% of seats
70–80 225.0% of seats
≥ 80% 562.5% of seats
  • LowestBurtola66.2%
  • HighestKhandaghosh94.6%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

8 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, West Bengal Vidhan Sabha 1985, all 8 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
19 Kranti S.Raha Communist Party of India (Marxist) 72,868 12,832 17.6 84.2
51 AurangabadCLOSEST H.Reza Indian National Congress 82,298 1,133 1.4 85.3
65 KandiWIDEST B.Trivedi Indian National Congress 87,471 26,043 29.8 78.7
158 Burtola S.Pande Indian National Congress 63,890 17,101 26.8 66.2
220 Garhbeta S.Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 81,344 6,992 8.6 93.5
272 KhandaghoshSC S.P.Dalui Communist Party of India (Marxist) 89,007 16,245 18.3 94.6
283 NanurSC A.G.Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) 86,707 9,936 11.5 88.3
292 HansanSC U.Roy Independent 72,884 3,478 4.8 79.6
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 26,043 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1985 · West Bengal · 8 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election

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