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Constituency

40. Gajol

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-GAJOL

CPM 54.5%won by 17.9%INC 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 17.9%.

  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
86,578
Margin
15,466
17.86%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUPHAL MURMUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,14854.5%
  2. 2NABA KUMAR HEMBRAMIndian National Congress · INC31,68236.6%
  3. 3SHYAM MURMUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,8886.8%
  4. 4CHUTKA TUDUMUL · MUL1,8602.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+13.2%
CPM share
49.1% → 54.5%
INC share
44.4% → 36.6%
Turnout
— → —
39. Habibpur41. Kharba
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