Winner, Votes & Party Details
West Bengal Lok Sabha (Parliament)
Malda Lok Sabha Constituency General Election 1980 Results: Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chawdhury of INC(I) won with 2,51,952 votes, defeating Dinesh Chandra Joarder of CPM, who received 2,39,193 votes. Abdul Barkat Ataul Ghani Khan Chawdhury won by a margin of 12,759 votes, equivalent to 2.60% of the total votes polled. Total votes polled were 4,91,145.
Full candidate-wise results and vote share details are given below.
INC(I)
2,51,952
51.30%
CPM
2,39,193
48.70%