The 1980 Lok Sabha (Parliament) election in West Bengal was held to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) from 42 parliamentary constituencies in the state. Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) emerged as the leading party, winning 28 seats. Indian National Congress (I) came second with 4 seats.
A total of 29,786,146 electors were registered to vote across the state. Of these, 21,035,441 votes were polled, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 70.6%. The average victory margin across all constituencies was 82,815 votes, with the closest contest decided by just 1,305 votes and the largest margin reaching 165,672 votes.
A total of 5 political parties won at least one seat in this election. India's Lok Sabha elections use the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. The party or coalition winning a majority of Lok Sabha seats forms the central government and appoints the Prime Minister.
Seat data is not available for this selection.
Seat breakdown: Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) (28), Indian National Congress (I) (4), Revolutionary Socialist Party (4), All India Forward Bloc (3), Communist Party Of India (3).
Click on any constituency name to view the full candidate-wise breakdown with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and party affiliations.
| Sno. | Constituency | Type | State | Winner | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Margin | Margin% | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 489-Cooch Behar | SC | West Bengal | Amar Roy Pradhan | All India Forward Bloc | 708442 | 524578 | 74.10% | 118146 | 22.50% | 1980 |
| 2 | 490-Alipurduars | ST | West Bengal | Pius Tirkey | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 660771 | 424426 | 64.20% | 115457 | 27.20% | 1980 |
| 3 | 491-Jalpaiguri | GEN | West Bengal | Subodh Sen | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 656038 | 446909 | 68.10% | 90396 | 20.20% | 1980 |
| 4 | 492-Darjeeling | GEN | West Bengal | Ananda Pathak | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 740258 | 419397 | 56.70% | 18161 | 4.30% | 1980 |
| 5 | 493-Raiganj | GEN | West Bengal | Golam Yazdani | Indian National Congress (I) | 693127 | 482483 | 69.60% | 1305 | 0.30% | 1980 |
| 6 | 494-Balurghat | SC | West Bengal | Barman Palas | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 689058 | 521156 | 75.60% | 80328 | 15.40% | 1980 |
| 7 | 497-Jangipur | GEN | West Bengal | Zainal Abedin | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 697228 | 502469 | 72.10% | 72826 | 14.50% | 1980 |
| 8 | 498-Baharampur | GEN | West Bengal | Tridib Chaudhari | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 778897 | 545770 | 70.10% | 92269 | 16.90% | 1980 |
| 9 | 499-Murshidabad | GEN | West Bengal | Masudal Hassain Syed | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 736299 | 591337 | 80.30% | 68755 | 11.60% | 1980 |
| 10 | 500-Krishnanagar | GEN | West Bengal | Renupada Das | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 647367 | 515993 | 79.70% | 66191 | 12.80% | 1980 |
| 11 | 503-Barrackpur | GEN | West Bengal | Mahammed Ismail | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 699806 | 482460 | 68.90% | 103925 | 21.50% | 1980 |
| 12 | 504-Dum Dum | GEN | West Bengal | Niren Ghosh | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 902611 | 616483 | 68.30% | 165672 | 26.90% | 1980 |
| 13 | 505-Barasat | GEN | West Bengal | Chitta Basu | All India Forward Bloc | 759050 | 571761 | 75.30% | 93920 | 16.40% | 1980 |
| 14 | 506-Basirhat | GEN | West Bengal | Indrajit Gupta | Communist Party Of India | 696796 | 550004 | 78.90% | 95854 | 17.40% | 1980 |
| 15 | 507-Jaynagar | SC | West Bengal | Sanat Kumar Mandal | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 695468 | 528333 | 76.00% | 48529 | 9.20% | 1980 |
| 16 | 508-Mathurapur | SC | West Bengal | Mukundaram Mandal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 674577 | 518577 | 76.90% | 77842 | 15.00% | 1980 |
| 17 | 509-Diamond Harbour | GEN | West Bengal | Jyotirmoy Basu | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 700277 | 496366 | 70.90% | 145932 | 29.40% | 1980 |
| 18 | 510-Jadavpur | GEN | West Bengal | Somnath Chatterjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 796010 | 527037 | 66.20% | 146115 | 27.70% | 1980 |
| 19 | 511-Kolkata Dakshin | GEN | West Bengal | Satya Sadhan Chakrabarty | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 768155 | 472722 | 61.50% | 37009 | 7.80% | 1980 |
| 20 | 513-Howrah | GEN | West Bengal | Samar Mukherjee | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 776251 | 508728 | 65.50% | 58309 | 11.50% | 1980 |
| 21 | 514-Uluberia | GEN | West Bengal | Hannan Mollah | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 738696 | 510579 | 69.10% | 139078 | 27.20% | 1980 |
| 22 | 515-Srerampur | GEN | West Bengal | Dinen Bhattacharya | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 774081 | 501575 | 64.80% | 106107 | 21.20% | 1980 |
| 23 | 516-Hooghly | GEN | West Bengal | Rup Chand Pal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 701041 | 510096 | 72.80% | 78393 | 15.40% | 1980 |
| 24 | 517-Arambagh | GEN | West Bengal | Bijoy Krishna Modak | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 677907 | 544644 | 80.30% | 42991 | 7.90% | 1980 |
| 25 | 518-Tamluk | GEN | West Bengal | Misra Satyagopal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 689405 | 548787 | 79.60% | 123051 | 22.40% | 1980 |
| 26 | 521-Jhargram | ST | West Bengal | Hasada Matilal | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 663395 | 505746 | 76.20% | 98169 | 19.40% | 1980 |
| 27 | 522-Medinipur | GEN | West Bengal | Giri Sudhir Kumar | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 644267 | 477134 | 74.10% | 89774 | 18.80% | 1980 |
| 28 | 523-Purulia | GEN | West Bengal | Chitta Ranjan Mahata | All India Forward Bloc | 697320 | 426779 | 61.20% | 104892 | 24.60% | 1980 |
| 29 | 524-Bankura | GEN | West Bengal | Acharia Basudeb | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 720874 | 459862 | 63.80% | 43911 | 9.50% | 1980 |
| 30 | 525-Bishnupur | SC | West Bengal | Ajit Kumar Saha | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 692722 | 527721 | 76.20% | 110200 | 20.90% | 1980 |
| 31 | 528-Asansol | GEN | West Bengal | Ananda Gopal Mukhopadhya | Indian National Congress (I) | 763340 | 423787 | 55.50% | 9652 | 2.30% | 1980 |
| 32 | 529-Bolpur | GEN | West Bengal | Saradish Roy | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 666936 | 493812 | 74.00% | 68629 | 13.90% | 1980 |
| 33 | 530-Birbhum | SC | West Bengal | Gadadhar Saha | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 657619 | 441811 | 67.20% | 40663 | 9.20% | 1980 |
| 34 | 624-Burdwan | GEN | West Bengal | Sushil Kumar Bhattacharya | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 754743 | 558707 | 74.00% | 119727 | 21.40% | 1980 |
| 35 | 625-Calcutta North East | GEN | West Bengal | Sunil Moitra | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 727431 | 400397 | 55.00% | 27069 | 6.80% | 1980 |
| 36 | 626-Calcutta North West | GEN | West Bengal | Ashoke Kumar Sen | Indian National Congress (I) | 616287 | 319813 | 51.90% | 43833 | 13.70% | 1980 |
| 37 | 627-Durgapur | SC | West Bengal | Krishna Chandra Halder | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 739456 | 513170 | 69.40% | 95187 | 18.50% | 1980 |
| 38 | 628-Katwa | GEN | West Bengal | Saifuddin Chwdhury | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 713420 | 549368 | 77.00% | 121160 | 22.10% | 1980 |
| 39 | 629-Malda | GEN | West Bengal | Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chawdhury | Indian National Congress (I) | 666219 | 503253 | 75.50% | 12759 | 2.50% | 1980 |
| 40 | 630-Nabadwip | SC | West Bengal | Bidha Gohse (Goswami) | Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) | 718449 | 562492 | 78.30% | 83465 | 14.80% | 1980 |
| 41 | 631-Panskura | GEN | West Bengal | Gita Mukherjee | Communist Party Of India | 617740 | 518637 | 84.00% | 98230 | 18.90% | 1980 |
| 42 | 708-Midnapur | GEN | West Bengal | Narayan Choubey | Communist Party Of India | 668312 | 490282 | 73.40% | 124351 | 25.40% | 1980 |
Data-driven analysis of the 1980 West Bengal Lok Sabha election results, covering competitiveness, candidate performance, and voter behaviour.
The victory margin is the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the runner-up. A constituency with a margin under 5,000 votes is considered closely fought. The average margin in West Bengal 1980 was 82,815 votes.
The 10 parliamentary constituencies decided by the narrowest margins.
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
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Candidates receiving less than one-sixth (16.67%) of valid votes forfeit their security deposit. A high forfeiture rate indicates a party fielded candidates in constituencies with little voter support.
NOTA (None of the Above) allows voters to reject all candidates. When NOTA votes exceed the victory margin, it signals significant voter dissatisfaction.
| Constituency | NOTA Votes | Win Margin | NOTA > Margin? |
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The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's Parliament. Members of Parliament (MPs) are directly elected by voters in their respective parliamentary constituencies through universal adult suffrage.
West Bengal is divided into 42 parliamentary constituencies. The constituencies are categorized as: GEN (32 seats), SC (8 seats), ST (2 seats). SC and ST reserved constituencies ensure representation for historically marginalized communities.
India follows the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins the seat. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).