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Constituency

24. Kurseong

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-KURSEONG

CPM 76.4%won by 55.4%INC 20.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.5% to 55.4%.

  • 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
7,342
Margin
4,069
55.42%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1HARKA BAHADUR RAICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM5,60776.4%
  2. 2A. N. PRADHANIndian National Congress · INC1,53820.9%
  3. 3SUNU RAIIndependent · IND1602.2%
  4. 4TULARAM RAIIndependent · IND370.5%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+54.9%
CPM share
47.6% → 76.4%
INC share
47.1% → 20.9%
Turnout
— → —
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