Constituency
514. Birbhum
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-BIRBHUM
CPM 50.3%won by 2.4%INC 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 2.4%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 47.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 8.0% to 73.6%.
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Electorate
7,51,344
Turnout
73.6%
Valid votes
5,52,778
Margin
13,481
2.44%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1GADAHAR SAHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,78,15550.3%
- 2BADAL BAGDIIndian National Congress · INC2,64,67447.9%
- 3ASIM SAHASUC · SUC8,9301.6%
- 4RANJIT KUMAR MALIndependent · IND1,0190.2%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −49.5%
- CPM share
- 51.9% → 50.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- 65.5% → 73.6%