Constituency
476. Darjeeling
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-DARJEELING
CPM 42.0%won by 0.3%INC 41.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.5% to 0.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.3% to 66.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,24,564
Turnout
66.1%
Valid votes
5,44,977
Margin
1,389
0.25%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1ANANDA PRASAD PATHAKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,28,67942.0%
- 2DAWA NARBULAIndian National Congress · INC2,27,29041.7%
- 3SIDDHARTHA SANKAR RAYIndependent · IND80,55714.8%
- 4PADAM BAHADUR RAIIndependent · IND5,0100.9%
- 5SAMPAD ROYIndependent · IND3,4410.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −45.5%
- CPM share
- 45.7% → 42.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.7%
- Turnout
- 54.8% → 66.1%