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Constituency

87. Habra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-HABRA

CPM 41.3%won by 10.1%INC 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 9.8% to 10.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 97.6% — 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
99,505
Margin
10,040
10.09%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+0.3%
CPM share
53.7% 41.3%
INC share
43.9% 31.2%
Turnout