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511. Howrah

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-HOWRAH

CPM 53.0%won by 11.7%INCI 41.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.8% to 11.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 7.7% to 64.0%.

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

Electorate
7,76,251
Turnout
64.0%
Valid votes
4,96,865
Margin
58,309
11.74%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SAMAR MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,63,33753.0%
  2. 2NITYANANDA DEYINCI · INCI2,05,02841.3%
  3. 3DURGAPRASAD NATHANYJanata Party · JNP18,5383.7%
  4. 4DWIJENDRA LAL GHOSHJNPS · JNPS4,7180.9%
  5. 5JIBANDHAN MUKHOPADHYAIndependent · IND1,6610.3%
  6. 6SAILENDRA NATH GHOSHIndependent · IND1,5270.3%
  7. 7ASIT CHAKRAVARTYIndependent · IND9050.2%
  8. 8KARUNA NIDHAN ROYIndependent · IND5800.1%
  9. 9SURYA NARAIN SINGHIndependent · IND5710.1%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INCI swing
−51.0%
CPM share
62.7% → 53.0%
INCI share
0.0% → 41.3%
Turnout
56.3% → 64.0%
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