Election
Constituency

492. Raiganj

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-RAIGANJ

INCI 41.9%won by 0.3%CPM 41.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to INCI (INCI), which now leads by 0.3%.

  • INCI vote shareINCI went from 0.0% to 41.9% of the vote here (+41.9%).
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 41.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.4% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.0% to 67.6%.

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

Electorate
6,93,127
Turnout
67.6%
Valid votes
4,68,799
Margin
1,305
0.28%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INCI
  1. 1GOLAM YAZDANIINCI · INCI1,96,24141.9%
  2. 2ABDUL HAFIZCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,94,93641.6%
  3. 3MOHIT RANJAN SIKDARJanata Party · JNP27,4715.9%
  4. 4ABEDIN ZAINALINCU · INCU21,9904.7%
  5. 5MOHAMMED ELIAS RAZIIndependent · IND13,5542.9%
  6. 6GOPALJI KEDIAIndependent · IND8,8711.9%
  7. 7KAMLALA KANTA SINGHAIndependent · IND5,7361.2%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
INCIflipped
INCI–CPM swing
+0.3%
INCI share
0.0% → 41.9%
CPM share
0.0% → 41.6%
Turnout
59.7% → 67.6%
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