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Constituency

30. Karandighi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-KARANDIGHI

FBL 45.1%won by 7.8%IND 37.3%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.1% to 7.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 37.3% — it polled just 0.6% in 1982.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
83,629
Margin
6,507
7.78%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLIND swing
−46.6%
FBL share
55.0% 45.1%
IND share
0.6% 37.3%
Turnout