Constituency
523. Vishnupur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-VISHNUPUR
CPM 59.8%won by 25.6%INC 34.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.6% to 25.6%.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 80.8%.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,07,049
Turnout
80.8%
Valid votes
7,33,170
Margin
1,87,589
25.59%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1SUKHENDU KHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,38,32259.8%
- 2JAYANTA KUMAR MALLICKIndian National Congress · INC2,50,73334.2%
- 3AJIT SAHAJKD · JKD38,5295.3%
- 4MAHADEB MANDALAMB · AMB4,7980.7%
- 5SHYAMAPADA BAGDDP · DDP7880.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +13.0%
- CPM share
- 54.8% → 59.8%
- INC share
- 42.2% → 34.2%
- Turnout
- 78.8% → 80.8%