Constituency

23. Darjeeling

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-DARJEELING

CPM 90.9%won by 83.7%INC 7.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 83.7%.

New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 7.2% — it did not contest here in 1982.
Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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

15,291

Margin

12,793

83.66%

5 contested · winner CPM

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