Election
Constituency

501. Basirhat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BASIRHAT

CPI 50.3%won by 2.7%INC 47.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.4% to 2.7%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.6% to 85.2%.

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

Electorate
8,92,829
Turnout
85.2%
Valid votes
7,60,337
Margin
20,343
2.68%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1MONORANJAN SURCommunist Party of India · CPI3,82,55550.3%
  2. 2SARDAR AMJAD ALIIndian National Congress · INC3,62,21247.6%
  3. 3SUBRATA CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND5,5200.7%
  4. 4LIAKAT ALI MANDALIndependent · IND4,1180.5%
  5. 5MD. ALI MAZHAR HASSANIndependent · IND3,8410.5%
  6. 6BISWA PATI BISWASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,5420.2%
  7. 7DIPAK KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND5490.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−3.7%
CPI share
51.9% → 50.3%
INC share
45.5% → 47.6%
Turnout
80.5% → 85.2%
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