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Constituency

3. Mathabhanga

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-MATHABHANGA

CPM 52.5%won by 5.7%INC 46.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.4% to 5.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
93,525
Margin
5,370
5.74%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−7.7%
CPM share
56.2% 52.5%
INC share
42.8% 46.8%
Turnout