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509. Calcutta North East

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-EAST

CPM 48.0%won by 6.9%INCI 41.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.9%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 48.0% of the vote here (+48.0%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 41.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.0% between them, down from 98.2% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
7,27,431
Turnout
53.9%
Valid votes
3,91,964
Margin
27,069
6.91%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINCI swing
+6.9%
CPM share
0.0% 48.0%
INCI share
0.0% 41.0%
Turnout
54.9% 53.9%