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Constituency

505. Jadavpur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-JADAVPUR

CPM 60.0%won by 28.4%INCI 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.9% to 28.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.1% to 64.7%.

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

Electorate
7,96,010
Turnout
64.7%
Valid votes
5,15,243
Margin
1,46,115
28.36%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINCI swing
−39.6%
CPM share
68.0% 60.0%
INCI share
0.0% 31.6%
Turnout
55.6% 64.7%