Constituency
510. Calcutta South
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-CALCUTTA-SOUTH
CPM 50.1%won by 3.5%INC 46.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.5%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.3% to 50.1% of the vote here (+8.7%).
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Electorate
10,13,580
Turnout
71.7%
Valid votes
7,26,343
Margin
25,156
3.46%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1BIPLAB DASGUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,63,67450.1%
- 2BHOLANATH SENIndian National Congress · INC3,38,51846.6%
- 3JNANENDRA BANERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,4182.5%
- 4BANERJEE SANKAR SOMIndependent · IND2,2130.3%
- 5SOURENDRA NATH MITRAIndependent · IND1,4590.2%
- 6ARUN GHOSHIndependent · IND1,0650.1%
- 7UTPAL ROYIndependent · IND9960.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +19.1%
- CPM share
- 41.3% → 50.1%
- INC share
- 56.9% → 46.6%
- Turnout
- 71.0% → 71.7%