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475. Jalpaiguri

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-JALPAIGURI

CPM 50.5%won by 5.9%INC 44.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.0% to 5.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 87.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 9.9% to 75.6%.

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

Electorate
7,47,874
Turnout
75.6%
Valid votes
5,65,704
Margin
33,172
5.86%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MANIK SANYALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,85,61950.5%
  2. 2ARUN MOITRAIndian National Congress · INC2,52,44744.6%
  3. 3PAHCHANAN MALLICKIndependent · IND8,3621.5%
  4. 4TAPAN BISWASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,5131.3%
  5. 5JOYDEV MANDALSUC · SUC6,1341.1%
  6. 6SITANSU BHUSAN DASIndependent · IND3,5430.6%
  7. 7BANKIM CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND2,0860.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−48.1%
CPM share
54.0% → 50.5%
INC share
0.0% → 44.6%
Turnout
65.7% → 75.6%
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