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Constituency

79. Hanskhali

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-HANSKHALI

CPM 52.7%won by 15.6%INC 37.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.2% to 15.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.7% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
99,217
Margin
15,479
15.60%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+7.4%
CPM share
54.1% 52.7%
INC share
45.9% 37.1%
Turnout