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499. Nabadwip

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-NABADWIP

CPM 54.7%won by 15.2%INCI 39.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.2% to 15.2%.

  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 39.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.2% of the vote between them, up from 83.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 19.9% to 76.7%.

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

Electorate
7,18,449
Turnout
76.7%
Valid votes
5,50,869
Margin
83,465
15.15%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BIDHA GOHSE (GOSWAMI)Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,01,29654.7%
  2. 2ANADA MOHAN BISWASINCI · INCI2,17,83139.5%
  3. 3NILKAMAL SARKERJanata Party · JNP19,6183.6%
  4. 4KRISHNENDU BISWASRPI · RPI4,9010.9%
  5. 5SUSHIL KUMAR RAYINCU · INCU4,5130.8%
  6. 6AMULYA KUMAR BISWASJNPS · JNPS2,7100.5%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INCI swing
−38.5%
CPM share
53.7% → 54.7%
INCI share
0.0% → 39.5%
Turnout
56.8% → 76.7%
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