Election
Constituency

58. Murshidabad

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-MURSHIDABAD

INC 38.4%won by 3.4%IND 35.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: FBL (FBL) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 38.4% of the vote here (+38.4%).
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.0% — it polled just 1.3% in 1982.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.4% between them, down from 98.0% — 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
1,09,065
Margin
3,681
3.38%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
INCflipped
INCIND swing
+4.7%
INC share
0.0% 38.4%
IND share
1.3% 35.0%
Turnout