Constituency
520. Jhargram
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-JHARGRAM
CPM 57.0%won by 33.1%INC 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.1% to 33.1%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.9% between them, down from 87.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 79.6%.
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Electorate
8,77,223
Turnout
79.6%
Valid votes
6,98,389
Margin
2,30,898
33.06%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1MATILAL HANSDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,97,94457.0%
- 2PANCHANAN HANSDAIndian National Congress · INC1,67,04623.9%
- 3NAREN HANSDAJKD · JKD1,29,50818.5%
- 4MANGAL BASKEYAMB · AMB2,6060.4%
- 5HARDHAN HANSDAWBSBM · WBSBM1,2850.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +20.0%
- CPM share
- 50.5% → 57.0%
- INC share
- 37.4% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- 77.1% → 79.6%