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Constituency

16. Nagrakata

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-NAGRAKATA

CPM 53.3%won by 12.9%INC 40.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.0% to 12.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
86,884
Margin
11,192
12.88%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−9.1%
CPM share
61.0% 53.3%
INC share
39.0% 40.4%
Turnout