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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 220

Garhbeta EastAssembly by-election result, 1985

S.Ghosh (CPM) won Garhbeta East in the 1985 assembly by-election with 53.5% of the vote, beating S.K.Roy (INC) by 6,992 votes.

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Seat boundaries were redrawn before the 1977 election. In 1972, seat no. 220 was Banduan. Seat boundaries were redrawn after 2006. From 2011, seat no. 220 is Nayagram. See the seat history for this ground's earlier results.

Winner

S.GHOSH
CPM
CPM 53.5%INC 44.9%2 others 1.5%
Votes
43,551
53.5% share
Winning margin
6,992
8.6% of votes
Candidates
4

A clear win with a 8.6% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 candidates
#CandidatePartyVotes · %
1
S.GHOSH
CPM
CPM
43,55153.5%
2
S.K.ROY
INC
INC
36,55944.9%
3
J.L.SAMUI
IND
IND
6720.8%
4
D.L.SINHA
IND
IND
5620.7%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A clear win, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
8.6%

winning margin, share of votes

How many parties were really in the race?

SEAT
Essentially two

CPM and INC took 98% of the votes.

Parties in the race 2.05

How did the vote split?

SEAT
53.5%won by CPM
CPM 53.5%INC 44.9%Others 1.5%

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 Garhbeta East, 1977–2006

  1. 1977SUBHENDU MONDAL (CPM), margin 5.5%
  2. 1982SUVENDU MANDAL (CPM), margin 9.5%
  3. 1987SUSANTA GHOSH (CPM), margin 13.8%
  4. 1991GOSH SUSANTA (CPM), margin 35.3%
  5. 1996SUSANTA GHOSH (CPM), margin 43.5%
  6. 2001SUSANTA GHOSH (CPM), margin 61.0%
  7. 2006GHOSH SUSANTA (CPM), margin 45.8%