Constituency
514. Hooghly
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-HOOGHLY
CPM 56.2%won by 15.7%INCI 40.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.7% to 15.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.5% to 71.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,01,041
Turnout
71.2%
Valid votes
4,99,353
Margin
78,393
15.70%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1RUP CHAND PALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,80,60556.2%
- 2SANTIMOHAN ROYINCI · INCI2,02,21240.5%
- 3PRABHAS PALITJanata Party · JNP12,6312.5%
- 4GHOSH SATYA CHARANRPI · RPI2,3300.5%
- 5SNEHAMOY DUTTAIndependent · IND1,5750.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INCI swing
- −46.9%
- CPM share
- 62.6% → 56.2%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 40.5%
- Turnout
- 63.8% → 71.2%