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506. Barrackpore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BARRACKPORE

CPM 56.7%won by 22.1%INCI 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 22.1%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 33.8% to 56.7% of the vote here (+22.9%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.3% between them, down from 98.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.1% to 67.2%.

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

Electorate
6,99,806
Turnout
67.2%
Valid votes
4,70,239
Margin
1,03,925
22.10%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINCI swing
−11.7%
CPM share
33.8% 56.7%
INCI share
0.0% 34.6%
Turnout
70.3% 67.2%