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47. Manikchak

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-MANIKCHAK

CPM 55.9%won by 14.8%INC 41.2%

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 14.8%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 48.9% to 55.9% of the vote here (+7.1%).

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
76,069
Margin
11,239
14.77%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUBODH CHOWDHUARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM42,55855.9%
  2. 2JOKHILAL MANDALIndian National Congress · INC31,31941.2%
  3. 3BIBHUTI BHUSAN BHATTACHARYABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,4191.9%
  4. 4MAHATAPUDDINIndependent · IND4630.6%
  5. 5ALI TAFAJULIndependent · IND3100.4%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+15.4%
CPM share
48.9% → 55.9%
INC share
49.5% → 41.2%
Turnout
— → —
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