Constituency
25. Siliguri
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-SILIGURI
CPM 51.1%won by 5.2%INC 45.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 5.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,06,297
Margin
5,510
5.18%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1GOUR CHAKROBORTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM54,30151.1%
- 2PRASANTA NANDYIndian National Congress · INC48,79145.9%
- 3RUPAK MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1,5551.5%
- 4RABINDRA NATH GHOSHSUC · SUC7920.7%
- 5NATH TANKA NATHIndependent · IND6200.6%
- 6SURESH CHANDRA KUNDUIndependent · IND2380.2%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −7.0%
- CPM share
- 54.6% → 51.1%
- INC share
- 42.4% → 45.9%
- Turnout
- — → —