Constituency
525. Asansol
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-ASANSOL
CPM 49.6%won by 5.6%INC 44.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 5.6%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.9% to 49.6% of the vote here (+8.7%).
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Electorate
11,04,458
Turnout
68.3%
Valid votes
7,54,774
Margin
42,237
5.60%
Candidates
11 contested · winner CPM- 1HARADHAN ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,74,28149.6%
- 2PRADIP BHATTACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC3,32,04444.0%
- 3AMARNATH KESHRIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP21,0772.8%
- 4GANESH PALCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) · CPIML12,0961.6%
- 5MAHENDRA PASWANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,0190.7%
- 6GHANTY MANIKAMB · AMB3,0350.4%
- 7SUDESH MURMUIndependent · IND2,4710.3%
- 8NARAYAN PANDITIndependent · IND1,5100.2%
- 9G. K. SHARMAIndependent · IND1,5060.2%
- 10SAMBHUNATH RAJBHARDDP · DDP9140.1%
- 11SAMIR KUMAR DEYIndependent · IND8210.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +19.9%
- CPM share
- 40.9% → 49.6%
- INC share
- 55.2% → 44.0%
- Turnout
- 67.8% → 68.3%