Constituency
511. Burdwan
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-BURDWAN
CPM 53.5%won by 8.4%INC 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.0% to 8.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.4% to 81.5%.
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Electorate
8,40,465
Turnout
81.5%
Valid votes
6,85,114
Margin
57,684
8.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1SUDHIR RAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,66,54753.5%
- 2PRADYUT GUHAIndian National Congress · INC3,08,86345.1%
- 3ASIT MITRAIndependent · IND7,2421.1%
- 4RAJESHWAR MANDALIndependent · IND2,4620.4%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −50.6%
- CPM share
- 59.0% → 53.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- 72.1% → 81.5%