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Constituency

70. Palashipara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-PALASHIPARA

CPM 51.5%won by 15.5%INC 36.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.5% to 15.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.5% between them, down from 94.3% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
91,799
Margin
14,198
15.47%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+9.9%
CPM share
49.9% 51.5%
INC share
44.4% 36.0%
Turnout