Constituency
524. Durgapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980
IN-DURGAPUR
CPM 57.3%won by 19.1%INCI 38.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.4% to 19.1%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 16.3% to 67.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,39,456
Turnout
67.4%
Valid votes
4,98,307
Margin
95,187
19.10%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1KRISHNA CHANDRA HALDERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,85,36957.3%
- 2SURYA KUMAR ROYINCI · INCI1,90,18238.2%
- 3NIHAR SAHAJanata Party · JNP10,9202.2%
- 4BIMAL KRISHNA SAHAJNPS · JNPS7,0031.4%
- 5BANKIM CHANDRA SANTRAIndependent · IND4,8331.0%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INCI swing
- −44.1%
- CPM share
- 63.2% → 57.3%
- INCI share
- 0.0% → 38.2%
- Turnout
- 51.1% → 67.4%