Constituency
59. Jalangi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-JALANGI
CPM 53.5%won by 12.1%INC 41.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.3% to 12.1%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.4% — it did not contest here in 1982.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,09,038
Margin
13,178
12.09%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1ATAHAR RAHAMANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM58,33453.5%
- 2ABDUL BARI BISWASIndian National Congress · INC45,15641.4%
- 3AHIA MANDALSUC · SUC2,0491.9%
- 4NABA KUMAR SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8631.7%
- 5GANI ABDULIndependent · IND7470.7%
- 6ABDUR RASHIDMUL · MUL7210.7%
- 7MADHAB CHANDRO SARDARIndependent · IND1680.2%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −40.8%
- CPM share
- 52.9% → 53.5%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.4%
- Turnout
- — → —