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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1980

Calcutta North West

Parliamentary constituency 21 (GEN) · West Bengal

State boardWest Bengal 1980

[01]Result · 1980

#21 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants16Candidate lines
Electors6,16,287
Votes polled3,19,813
Turnout51.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAshoke Kumar SenIndian National Congress1,50,47647.1% of votes
MARGIN43,833 votes · 13.7 pp1,50,476 − 1,06,643
Runner-upShyam Sundar Gupta All India Forward Bloc1,06,64333.3% of votes
INC 58.5% of top-two votesAIFB 41.5%

All candidates 16

  1. 01 Ashoke Kumar SenINC1,50,476 47.1%
  2. 02 Shyam Sundar GuptaAIFB1,06,643 33.3%
  3. 03 Bijay Singh NaharJNP44,611 13.9%
  4. 04 Ranajit Kumar MitraJPS3,542 1.1%
  5. 05 Ganadeb MullickIND2,146 0.7%
  6. 06 Durga Dutt AgarwalIND1,322 0.4%
  7. 07 Mohan Lal SoniIND1,041 0.3%
  8. 08 Bishnu Kant ThakurIND708 0.2%
  9. 09 S.C. RoyIND612 0.2%
  10. 10 Shew Prasad GuptaBHARAT576 0.2%
  11. 11 Upendra Nath HalderIND500 0.2%
  12. 12 Ramenda Bhusan SinghIND484 0.2%
  13. 13 Bikram Singh ChandalliaIND474 0.1%
  14. 14 Pratap Narayan TiwariIND421 0.1%
  15. 15 Milap Chand ChorariaIND324 0.1%
  16. 16 Karuma Nidhan RoyIND288 0.1%

Turnout 51.9%

025507510051.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 72.5%
Male 3.62 lakh58.7% Female 2.54 lakh41.3%

Share of 6,16,287 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males703
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 42 seats, 198072.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 16 candidates = 3,14,168Residual 5,645

Seat history 2024–1956

  1. 2024
    46.4 pp
    Abhishek BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  2. 2019
    22.8 pp
    Abhishek BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  3. 2014
    5.7 pp
    Abhishek BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
  4. 2009
    14.4 pp
    Somendra Nath MitraAll India Trinamool Congress
  5. 2004
    12.0 pp
    Sudhangshu SealCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
  6. 1999
    21.2 pp
    Sudip BandyopadhyayAll India Trinamool Congress
  7. 1998
    15.7 pp
    Sudip BandyopadhyayWest Bengal Trinamool Congress
  8. 1996
    14.3 pp
    Debi Prosad PalIndian National Congress
  9. 1991
    7.8 pp
    Debi Prosad PalIndian National Congress
  10. 1989
    12.4 pp
    Debi Prasad PalIndian National Congress
  11. 1984
    34.2 pp
    Ashok Kumar SenIndian National Congress
  12. 1980
    13.7 pp
    Ashoke Kumar SenIndian National Congress
  13. 1977
    21.6 pp
    Bijoy Singh NaharBharatiya Lok Dal
  14. 1956
    Margin not recorded
    M.K. MaitraIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 46.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed JNP polled 44,611 votes, 1.0× the 43,833-vote margin.

    44,611 ÷ 43,833 = 1.0

  2. The top two polled 80.4% of votes; the other 14 candidates 17.8% between them.

    (1,50,476 + 1,06,643) ÷ 3,19,813 = 80.4% · 57,049 ÷ 3,19,813 = 17.8%

  3. Turnout of 51.9% was 20.5 pp below the state's median seat (72.5%).

    51.9 − 72.5 = −20.5

  4. The margin narrowed from 21.6 pp in 1977 to 13.7 pp.

    13.7 − 21.6 = −7.9 pp

  5. The seat changed hands: BLD in 1977, INC in 1980.

    1977 BLD · 1980 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 16 candidate lines3,14,168
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled3,19,813
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 5,645

Candidate votes miss the published total by 5,645, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1980 · West Bengal · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates16 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 42 seats on the West Bengal Lok Sabha 1980 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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