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Constituency

28. Islampur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-ISLAMPUR

CPM 49.0%won by 1.3%INC 47.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.3%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 37.4% to 49.0% of the vote here (+11.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.7% of the vote between them, up from 86.0% — 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
73,906
Margin
945
1.28%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+12.5%
CPM share
37.4% 49.0%
INC share
48.6% 47.7%
Turnout