Constituency
515. Arambagh
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-ARAMBAGH
CPM 53.3%won by 8.0%JNP 45.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 8.0%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 53.3% of the vote here (+53.3%).
- New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 45.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 12.1% to 79.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,77,907
Turnout
79.1%
Valid votes
5,36,258
Margin
42,991
8.02%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1BIJOY KRISHNA MODAKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,85,63353.3%
- 2PRAFULLA CHANDRA SENJanata Party · JNP2,42,64245.2%
- 3ARUN MAAJIJNPS · JNPS5,5811.0%
- 4LUTFUL GOYESH KHANIndependent · IND1,2350.2%
- 5PANCHANAN GHOSHIndependent · IND1,1670.2%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- BLD
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–JNP swing
- +8.0%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 53.3%
- JNP share
- 0.0% → 45.2%
- Turnout
- 67.0% → 79.1%