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483. Krishnagar

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-KRISHNAGAR

CPM 49.3%won by 0.8%INC 48.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.2% to 0.8%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 48.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.2% to 81.9%.

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

Electorate
7,30,764
Turnout
81.9%
Valid votes
5,98,263
Margin
4,787
0.80%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RENU PADA DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,94,65749.3%
  2. 2SANKAR DAS BANERJIIndian National Congress · INC2,89,87048.5%
  3. 3AZIZUL HAQUESUC · SUC8,3101.4%
  4. 4PARESH CHANDRA SARKARIndependent · IND3,2170.5%
  5. 5SANATAN MANDALIndependent · IND1,5160.3%
  6. 6SWAPAN ADHIKARYIndependent · IND6930.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−50.0%
CPM share
50.8% → 49.3%
INC share
0.0% → 48.5%
Turnout
77.7% → 81.9%
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