Constituency
523. Vishnupur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-VISHNUPUR
CPM 58.3%won by 21.5%INCI 36.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.9% to 21.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 36.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.8% to 74.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,92,722
Turnout
74.2%
Valid votes
5,13,620
Margin
1,10,200
21.46%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1AJIT KUMAR SAHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,99,28958.3%
- 2TULSI DAS MANDALINCI · INCI1,89,08936.8%
- 3ASWINI KUMAR MALIKJKD · JKD12,0552.3%
- 4MADAN MOHAN MALLICKJanata Party · JNP9,7551.9%
- 5SAHA SHILAJNPS · JNPS3,4320.7%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INCI swing
- −45.8%
- CPM share
- 67.3% → 58.3%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 36.8%
- Turnout
- 60.4% → 74.2%