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506. Purulia

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984

IN-PURULIA

FBL 48.0%won by 2.5%INC 45.5%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.3% to 2.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — 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.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.5% of the vote between them, up from 84.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 12.7% to 72.2%.

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

Electorate
7,54,447
Turnout
72.2%
Valid votes
5,44,769
Margin
13,751
2.52%

Candidates

11 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1CHITTARANJAN MAHATAFBL · FBL2,61,46048.0%
  2. 2K.P. SINGH DEOIndian National Congress · INC2,47,70945.5%
  3. 3AJIT PRASAD MAHATAIndependent · IND16,7903.1%
  4. 4SARIT KUMAR CHAKRABARTTYIndependent · IND5,9701.1%
  5. 5RABI CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND3,6680.7%
  6. 6GOMASTA PRASAD SORENIndependent · IND2,9290.5%
  7. 7AMULYA MAHATAIndependent · IND2,8190.5%
  8. 8SUKUMAR DASIndependent · IND1,0650.2%
  9. 9H.B. WESTONIndependent · IND8290.2%
  10. 10RADHA RAMAN GHOSHIndependent · IND7930.1%
  11. 11SUDAMA NISADIndependent · IND7370.1%

Since 1980

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
−52.3%
FBL share
54.8% → 48.0%
INC share
0.0% → 45.5%
Turnout
59.5% → 72.2%
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