Constituency
508. Vishnupur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-VISHNUPUR
CPM 54.8%won by 12.6%INC 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 12.6%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 78.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,61,725
Turnout
78.8%
Valid votes
5,99,875
Margin
75,640
12.61%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1AJIT KUMAR SAHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,28,58054.8%
- 2GOURANDR CHA LOHARIndian National Congress · INC2,52,94042.2%
- 3AMULYA AHIRIndependent · IND11,2591.9%
- 4MONDAL MAHADEBIndependent · IND3,6080.6%
- 5BHAGBAT DULEYIndependent · IND3,4880.6%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −45.7%
- CPM share
- 58.3% → 54.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 74.2% → 78.8%