Constituency
513. Serampore
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-SERAMPORE
CPM 59.9%won by 21.7%INCI 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.8% to 21.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 63.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,74,081
Turnout
63.1%
Valid votes
4,88,854
Margin
1,06,107
21.71%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1DINEN BHATTACHARYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,92,99359.9%
- 2GOPAL DAS NAGINCI · INCI1,86,88638.2%
- 3PARTHA SARATHI GHOSHIndependent · IND3,0760.6%
- 4DWARKA PRASAD THIRANIIndependent · IND2,2540.5%
- 5BRAJNANDAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,8760.4%
- 6BISWASNATH MONDOLIndependent · IND1,7690.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INCI swing
- −46.7%
- CPM share
- 68.4% → 59.9%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- 60.5% → 63.1%