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486. Basirhat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-BASIRHAT

CPI 51.9%won by 6.4%INC 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 6.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 80.5%.

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

Electorate
7,54,765
Turnout
80.5%
Valid votes
6,07,779
Margin
39,043
6.42%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1INDRAJIT GUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI3,15,44451.9%
  2. 2KAMAL BASUIndian National Congress · INC2,76,40145.5%
  3. 3MOHAMMED ALI MAZHAR HASSANMUL · MUL5,6230.9%
  4. 4LIYAKAT ALI MONDALIndependent · IND3,5450.6%
  5. 5HARENDRA NATH ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,7810.5%
  6. 6TUSHAR KANTI GHOSHIndependent · IND1,7070.3%
  7. 7JASOARA SAYAMIndependent · IND1,5060.2%
  8. 8SHAMSUL HAQUEIndependent · IND7720.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−51.2%
CPI share
57.6% → 51.9%
INC share
0.0% → 45.5%
Turnout
77.5% → 80.5%
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