Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1982

Rajnagar

Assembly constituency 287 (SC) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1982

[01]Result · 1982

#287 · SC

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors1,03,253

Votes polled79,926

Turnout77.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerSiddheswar MandalAll India Forward Bloc38,52049.4% of votes

MARGIN3,347 votes · 4.2 pp38,520 − 35,173

Runner-upSubhendu Mondal Indian National Congress35,17345.1% of votes

AIFB 52.3% of top-two votesINC 47.7%

All candidates 3

01 Siddheswar MandalAIFB38,520 49.4%
02 Subhendu MondalINC35,173 45.1%
03 Bauri NabagopalIND4,291 5.5%

Turnout 77.4%

Male 52,37550.7% Female 50,87849.3%

Share of 1,03,253 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males971
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 294 seats, 198278.7%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 77,984Residual 1,942

Seat history 2026–1977

2026
3.2 pp
Bidhan Chandra MajhiAll India Trinamool Congress
2021
2.9 pp
Bidhan Chandra MajhiAll India Trinamool Congress
2016
12.6 pp
Shyamali PradhanCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
2011
3.1 pp
Gadadhar HazraAll India Trinamool Congress
2006
28.9 pp
Bijoy BagdiAll India Forward Bloc
2001
22.0 pp
Bijoy BagdiAll India Forward Bloc
1996
25.6 pp
Bijoy BagdiAll India Forward Bloc
1991
32.7 pp
Bijoy BagdiAll India Forward Bloc
1987
25.6 pp
Bijoy BagdiAll India Forward Bloc
1982
4.2 pp
Siddheswar MandalAll India Forward Bloc
1977
28.3 pp
Siddheswar MandalAll India Forward Bloc

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed IND polled 4,291 votes, 1.3× the 3,347-vote margin.
4,291 ÷ 3,347 = 1.3
The top two polled 92.2% of votes; the other 1 candidate 5.4% between them.
(38,520 + 35,173) ÷ 79,926 = 92.2% · 4,291 ÷ 79,926 = 5.4%
Turnout of 77.4% was 1.3 pp below the state's median seat (78.7%).
77.4 − 78.7 = −1.3
The margin narrowed from 28.3 pp in 1977 to 4.2 pp.
4.2 − 28.3 = −24.1 pp
Siddheswar Mandal also won in 1977.
1977 winner name = 1982 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines77,984
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled79,926
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,942

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,942, 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

Candidates3 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