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Constituency

504. Diamond Harbour

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-DIAMOND-HARBOUR

CPM 63.8%won by 30.0%INCI 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.2% to 30.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.1% to 69.5%.

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

Electorate
7,00,277
Turnout
69.5%
Valid votes
4,86,677
Margin
1,45,932
29.99%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINCI swing
−40.6%
CPM share
70.6% 63.8%
INCI share
0.0% 33.8%
Turnout
62.4% 69.5%