Constituency
496. Howrah
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-HOWRAH
INC 56.3%won by 13.9%CPM 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 56.3% of the vote here (+56.3%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.3% to 75.3%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,99,038
Turnout
75.3%
Valid votes
6,77,347
Margin
94,042
13.88%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1PRIYA RANJAN DAS MUNSHIIndian National Congress · INC3,81,21656.3%
- 2SAMAR MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,87,17442.4%
- 3KESHAB DASIndependent · IND2,3290.3%
- 4AMIYA BHATTACHARYAICS · ICS2,0160.3%
- 5BABOO RAM TIBREWALIndependent · IND1,7970.3%
- 6PARMESHWAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,3440.2%
- 7KASHI NATH CHOWDHARYIndependent · IND7470.1%
- 8JIBANDHON MUKHERJIIndependent · IND7240.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +66.9%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 56.3%
- CPM share
- 53.0% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- 64.0% → 75.3%