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Constituency

492. Dum Dum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-DUM-DUM

INC 50.2%won by 0.4%CPM 49.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 50.2% of the vote here (+50.2%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 94.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.9% to 75.7%.

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

Electorate
10,05,879
Turnout
75.7%
Valid votes
7,61,265
Margin
2,703
0.36%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ASUTOSH LAWIndian National Congress · INC3,81,98450.2%
  2. 2NIREN GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,79,28149.8%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+61.4%
INC share
0.0% 50.2%
CPM share
61.1% 49.8%
Turnout
66.8% 75.7%