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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 160

Belgachia WestAssembly by-election result, 1984

A.N.Bhattacharya (INC) won Belgachia West in the 1984 assembly by-election with 51.5% of the vote, beating L.C.Sen (CPM) by 3,092 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 160 was Uluberia North. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 160 is Rashbehari. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

A.N.BHATTACHARYA
INC
INC 51.5%CPM 47.6%1 other 0.9%
Votes
40,680
51.5% share
Winning margin
3,092
3.9% of votes
Candidates
3

A closely fought contest. A.N.BHATTACHARYA won with a 3.9% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
A.N.BHATTACHARYA
INC
INC
40,68051.5%
2
L.C.SEN
CPM
CPM
37,58847.6%
3
S.CHATTERJEE
IND
IND
6880.9%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A close contest, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
3.9%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

INC and CPM took 99% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.03

How did the vote split?

SEAT
51.5%won by INC
INC 51.5%CPM 47.6%Others 0.9%

This seat number was reused from 2011. The district data on file describe the seat as contested from 2011, so they are not shown for earlier elections.

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Who has won Belgachia West, 1977–2006

  1. 1977LAKSHMI CHARAN SEN (CPM), margin 17.4%
  2. 1982RATHINDRA NATH ROY (CPM), margin 2.5%
  3. 1987SUDIPTO ROY (INC), margin 3.6%
  4. 1991RAJDEO GOALA (CPM), margin 3.8%
  5. 1996RAJDEO GOALA (CPM), margin 11.7%
  6. 2001RAJDEO GOALA (CPM), margin 20.2%
  7. 2006MALA SAHA (AITC), margin 0.7%