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1. Mekliganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-MEKLIGANJ

FBL 52.2%won by 9.8%INC 42.4%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.8% to 9.8%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.4% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 88.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
92,130
Margin
9,037
9.81%

Candidates

5 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1SADA KANTAFBL · FBL48,07152.2%
  2. 2MADHU SUDAN ROYIndian National Congress · INC39,03442.4%
  3. 3GOPAL CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND2,3812.6%
  4. 4ABIRAM ROYSUC · SUC1,6831.8%
  5. 5JADU NATH SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9611.0%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
−42.3%
FBL share
52.1% → 52.2%
INC share
0.0% → 42.4%
Turnout
— → —
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