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Constituency

496. Murshidabad

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-MURSHIDABAD

CPM 50.3%won by 11.9%INCI 38.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 11.9%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 50.3% of the vote here (+50.3%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 38.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.7% of the vote between them, up from 69.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 18.7% to 78.7%.

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

Electorate
7,36,299
Turnout
78.7%
Valid votes
5,79,179
Margin
68,755
11.87%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINCI swing
+11.9%
CPM share
0.0% 50.3%
INCI share
0.0% 38.4%
Turnout
60.0% 78.7%