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Lok Sabha 1980 · West Bengal · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- Giri Sudhir KumarCPM · COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)
- Votes
- 237,00250.3% share
- Margin ?
- 89,774over INC(I)
- Turnout ?
- 74.1%477,134 of 644,267
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giri Sudhir Kumar Winner | CPM | 237,002 | 50.28% |
| 2 | Pradip Sarkar | INC(I) | 147,228 | 31.23% |
| 3 | Samar Guha | JNP | 80,111 | 17.00% |
| 4 | Prasanta Kumar Gaunia | IND | 3,155 | 0.67% |
| 5 | Atal Kumar Giri | JNP(S) | 2,721 | 0.58% |
| 6 | Sasadhar Maity | IND | 1,161 | 0.25% |
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Total valid votes were not provided by the source for this election; shares are the source's own percentages.
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2004CPMby 59,190
- 1999AITCby 12,133
- 1998CPMby 74,858
- 1996CPMby 24,042
- 1991CPMby 23,116
- 1989CPMby 27,080
- 1984INCby 13,758
- 1980CPMby 89,774
- 1977BLDby 194,514
- 1971PSPby 70,359
- 1967PSPby 17,169
- 1962INCby 85,408
- 1957PSPby 4,362
- 1952INCby 127
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Source: IndiaVotes.com, citing the Election Commission of India. Report an error.