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520. Jhargram

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-JHARGRAM

CPM 52.5%won by 20.0%INCI 32.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.8% to 20.0%.

  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 14.3% to 74.0%.

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

Electorate
6,63,395
Turnout
74.0%
Valid votes
4,91,245
Margin
98,169
19.98%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1HASADA MATILALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,57,93652.5%
  2. 2TUSHAR TUDUINCI · INCI1,59,76732.5%
  3. 3LEBA TUDUIndependent · IND29,3386.0%
  4. 4BISHUPADA SARANJKD · JKD28,9575.9%
  5. 5DAKSHIN MURMUJanata Party · JNP10,6192.2%
  6. 6MANGAL BASKEYIndependent · IND4,6280.9%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INCI swing
−26.4%
CPM share
46.3% → 52.5%
INCI share
0.0% → 32.5%
Turnout
59.7% → 74.0%
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