Election
Constituency

481. Murshidabad

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-MURSHIDABAD

CPM 47.1%won by 0.9%INC 46.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.9% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.8% to 83.5%.

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

Electorate
8,06,154
Turnout
83.5%
Valid votes
6,72,829
Margin
6,262
0.93%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SYED MUSUDAL HOSSAINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,16,57147.1%
  2. 2AZIZUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC3,10,30946.1%
  3. 3SHYAMAL GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,5422.9%
  4. 4MOSHARAF HOSSAINSUC · SUC19,3712.9%
  5. 5SARKAR SAIMUDDINMUL · MUL4,4310.7%
  6. 6SANTOSH SARKARIndependent · IND2,6050.4%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−49.4%
CPM share
50.3% → 47.1%
INC share
0.0% → 46.1%
Turnout
78.7% → 83.5%
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