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506. Barrackpore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BARRACKPORE

CPM 50.6%won by 5.1%INC 45.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.1%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 44.6% to 50.6% of the vote here (+5.9%).

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

Electorate
9,19,052
Turnout
78.4%
Valid votes
7,20,809
Margin
37,091
5.15%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1TARIT BARAN TOPDERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,64,42450.6%
  2. 2DEBI GHOSALIndian National Congress · INC3,27,33345.4%
  3. 3TRIPTI RATAN DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,9441.9%
  4. 4PARIMAL KANTI RAYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,4851.0%
  5. 5NRIPEN CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND2,4020.3%
  6. 6RANJIT KUNDUIndependent · IND2,3790.3%
  7. 7PARAMANAND GOURDDP · DDP1,0900.2%
  8. 8MD. ABDUL GOFFARIndependent · IND1,0040.1%
  9. 9RAMANANDA BISWASIndependent · IND7480.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+14.0%
CPM share
44.6% → 50.6%
INC share
53.5% → 45.4%
Turnout
77.7% → 78.4%
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