Constituency
522. Bankura
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-BANKURA
CPM 45.0%won by 9.9%INCI 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: BLD (BLD) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 9.9%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 45.0% of the vote here (+45.0%).
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.2% between them, down from 88.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.4% to 61.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,20,874
Turnout
61.5%
Valid votes
4,43,017
Margin
43,911
9.91%
Candidates
10 contested · winner CPM- 1ACHARIA BASUDEBCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM1,99,55745.0%
- 2SINGH DEO SAHANKAR NARAYANINCI · INCI1,55,64635.1%
- 3ASHUTOSH BANERJEESUC · SUC36,1498.2%
- 4MAJHI SHYAMPADAIndependent · IND16,7323.8%
- 5GUNAMOY CHATOPADHYAYJanata Party · JNP16,5233.7%
- 6BASUDEB DUTTAJNPS · JNPS6,6361.5%
- 7A.C. PATRAIndependent · IND5,4251.2%
- 8BHAGBAT MAHATAIndependent · IND3,0590.7%
- 9MAHANT SWAMY RUDRANAND GIRIIndependent · IND1,9530.4%
- 10SAKTIPADA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1,3370.3%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- BLD
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INCI swing
- +9.9%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 45.0%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- 51.0% → 61.5%