Constituency
524. Durgapur
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-DURGAPUR
CPM 65.7%won by 36.8%INC 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.1% to 36.8%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 94.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.1% to 69.9%.
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Electorate
10,20,338
Turnout
69.9%
Valid votes
7,13,577
Margin
2,62,624
36.80%
Candidates
8 contested · winner CPM- 1PURNA CHANDRA MALIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,68,71065.7%
- 2GOPAL MONDALIndian National Congress · INC2,06,08628.9%
- 3BYOM SANKAR RUIDASIndependent · IND12,7711.8%
- 4NIKHIL KUMAR MONDALJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM9,2471.3%
- 5PARESH NATH DHIBARAMB · AMB5,4670.8%
- 6BHAKTADAS MANDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,3540.8%
- 7NIRMAL MANDALIndependent · IND4,4620.6%
- 8KAKA JOGINDER SINGH URF. DHARTI PAKADIndependent · IND1,4800.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +30.7%
- CPM share
- 53.1% → 65.7%
- INC share
- 46.9% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- 76.1% → 69.9%