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495. Jangipur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-JANGIPUR

CPM 54.8%won by 14.8%INCI 40.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 14.8%.

  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 40.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 14.3% to 70.4%.

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

Electorate
6,97,228
Turnout
70.4%
Valid votes
4,90,850
Margin
72,826
14.84%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1ZAINAL ABEDINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,68,93254.8%
  2. 2LUTFAL HAQUEINCI · INCI1,96,10640.0%
  3. 3LAKSHMI NARYAN DASSUC · SUC8,5511.7%
  4. 4KRISHNADAS CHOTTOPADHYAYJanata Party · JNP6,4851.3%
  5. 5PARICHAY DAS GUPTAIndependent · IND6,2451.3%
  6. 6AMIYA KUMAR SINHA ROYINCU · INCU4,5310.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INCI swing
−34.0%
CPM share
48.9% → 54.8%
INCI share
0.0% → 40.0%
Turnout
56.1% → 70.4%
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