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Constituency

519. Midnapore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-MIDNAPORE

CPI 57.6%won by 25.9%INCI 31.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 25.9%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 44.8% to 57.6% of the vote here (+12.8%).
  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 15.4% to 71.7%.

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

Electorate
6,68,312
Turnout
71.7%
Valid votes
4,79,477
Margin
1,24,351
25.93%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
BLD
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINCI swing
−18.8%
CPI share
44.8% 57.6%
INCI share
0.0% 31.7%
Turnout
56.3% 71.7%