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Constituency

22. Kalimpong

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-KALIMPONG

CPI 91.6%won by 84.3%INC 7.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 84.3%.

  • CPI vote shareCPI went from 18.7% to 91.6% of the vote here (+72.9%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 7.3% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,052
Margin
887
84.32%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
CPIflipped
CPIINC swing
+65.6%
CPI share
18.7% 91.6%
INC share
0.0% 7.3%
Turnout