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507. Dum Dum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-DUM-DUM

CPM 55.1%won by 11.6%INC 43.5%

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 11.6%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 49.8% to 55.1% of the vote here (+5.3%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 77.7%.

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

Electorate
12,97,758
Turnout
77.7%
Valid votes
10,08,423
Margin
1,17,004
11.60%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1NIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,56,13955.1%
  2. 2ASUTOSH LAWIndian National Congress · INC4,39,13543.5%
  3. 3CHITTA RANJAN BISWASIndependent · IND10,7661.1%
  4. 4SHIKARY DHOBEYDDP · DDP2,3830.2%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+12.0%
CPM share
49.8% → 55.1%
INC share
50.2% → 43.5%
Turnout
75.7% → 77.7%
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