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529. Birbhum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BIRBHUM

CPM 50.9%won by 9.1%INC 41.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 9.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.7% between them, down from 98.2% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,07,420
Turnout
74.9%
Valid votes
6,79,799
Margin
61,949
9.11%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DOME RAMCHANDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,45,89850.9%
  2. 2BADAL BAGDIIndian National Congress · INC2,83,94941.8%
  3. 3DUKARI SAHAMUL · MUL24,0763.5%
  4. 4BAIDYANATHA MALIndependent · IND14,2292.1%
  5. 5MONDAL BASUDEVJNPJP · JNPJP10,0261.5%
  6. 6RANAJIT MALIndependent · IND1,6210.2%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+6.7%
CPM share
50.3% → 50.9%
INC share
47.9% → 41.8%
Turnout
73.6% → 74.9%
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