Constituency
518. Contai
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-CONTAI
CPM 51.7%won by 3.8%INC 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.8%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 48.1% to 51.7% of the vote here (+3.6%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 82.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,58,997
Turnout
82.0%
Valid votes
7,04,642
Margin
27,080
3.84%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SUDHIR GIRICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,64,31851.7%
- 2ABHA MAITIIndian National Congress · INC3,37,23847.9%
- 3ADHAR NAHALIndependent · IND3,0860.4%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +6.3%
- CPM share
- 48.1% → 51.7%
- INC share
- 50.6% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- 80.0% → 82.0%