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Constituency

31. Raiganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-RAIGANJ

CPM 52.6%won by 12.2%INC 40.5%

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 12.2%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 48.7% to 52.6% of the vote here (+3.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.1% between them, down from 99.4% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
97,647
Margin
11,907
12.19%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPMINC swing
+14.2%
CPM share
48.7% 52.6%
INC share
50.7% 40.5%
Turnout