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490. Jalpaiguri

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-JALPAIGURI

CPM 54.0%won by 21.0%INCI 33.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 21.0%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 54.0% of the vote here (+54.0%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.0% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.5% to 65.7%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
6,56,038
Turnout
65.7%
Valid votes
4,31,204
Margin
90,396
20.96%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINCI swing
+21.0%
CPM share
0.0% 54.0%
INCI share
0.0% 33.0%
Turnout
57.2% 65.7%