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529. Birbhum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1980

IN-BIRBHUM

CPM 51.9%won by 9.4%INCI 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.0% to 9.4%.

  • New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 42.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.4% of the vote between them, up from 87.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 15.2% to 65.5%.

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

Electorate
6,57,619
Turnout
65.5%
Valid votes
4,31,053
Margin
40,663
9.43%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1GADADHAR SAHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,23,75651.9%
  2. 2BADAL CHANDRA BAGDIINCI · INCI1,83,09342.5%
  3. 3BAIDYA NATH MALSUC · SUC15,1893.5%
  4. 4GOLAK PATI MANDALJNPS · JNPS4,6321.1%
  5. 5KANAI SAHAJanata Party · JNP2,9790.7%
  6. 6RANJIT MALIndependent · IND1,4040.3%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INCI swing
−39.6%
CPM share
49.0% → 51.9%
INCI share
0.0% → 42.5%
Turnout
50.4% → 65.5%
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