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45. Malda

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-MALDA

CPM 58.3%won by 17.2%INC 41.1%

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 17.2%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 47.3% to 58.3% of the vote here (+11.0%).

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
91,714
Margin
15,773
17.20%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUBHENDU CHOWDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM53,47758.3%
  2. 2PHANI BHUSAN ROYIndian National Congress · INC37,70441.1%
  3. 3DURLAV CHANDRA BISWASIndependent · IND2700.3%
  4. 4SHYAMAL KANTI BISWASIndependent · IND2630.3%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+19.0%
CPM share
47.3% → 58.3%
INC share
49.1% → 41.1%
Turnout
— → —
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