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492. Raiganj

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-RAIGANJ

INC 45.6%won by 0.4%CPM 45.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.6% to 0.4%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 75.4%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 2,899 votes (0.39%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
9,94,246
Turnout
75.4%
Valid votes
7,49,488
Margin
2,899
0.39%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GOLAM YAZDANIIndian National Congress · INC3,42,07245.6%
  2. 2SUBRATA MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,39,17345.3%
  3. 3ARUN BHADRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,1975.5%
  4. 4MD. MAQBUL HUSSAINMUL · MUL9,4511.3%
  5. 5MAHAMUDDIN AHAMADJNPJP · JNPJP7,7751.0%
  6. 6ABDUL LATIF MD.Independent · IND5,2410.7%
  7. 7ANIL CHANDRA BISWASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,6640.4%
  8. 8SRIDAM THOKDARAMB · AMB1,9150.3%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−3.2%
INC share
48.4% → 45.6%
CPM share
44.8% → 45.3%
Turnout
73.3% → 75.4%
491. Darjeeling493. Balurghat
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