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490. Jalpaiguri

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-JALPAIGURI

CPM 53.2%won by 15.4%INC 37.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 15.4%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 77.9%.

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

Electorate
9,35,447
Turnout
77.9%
Valid votes
7,28,848
Margin
1,12,128
15.38%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MANIK SANYALCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,87,80553.2%
  2. 2SRIRAM SINGHIndian National Congress · INC2,75,67737.8%
  3. 3TEK BAHADUR CHHETRIIndependent · IND28,8014.0%
  4. 4INDRA PRASAD CHOWHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) · CPIML9,9961.4%
  5. 5JAYDEB MANDALIndependent · IND7,4361.0%
  6. 6CHITTA RAJAN SARKERBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6,6670.9%
  7. 7SHISHIR LAHIRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,2120.9%
  8. 8PANCHANAN MALLIKIndependent · IND3,1680.4%
  9. 9JAYGOPAL DASAMB · AMB2,4700.3%
  10. 10PANDOO BARAIKIndependent · IND6160.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+9.5%
CPM share
50.5% → 53.2%
INC share
44.6% → 37.8%
Turnout
75.6% → 77.9%
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