Constituency
89. Amdanga
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-AMDANGA
CPM 53.4%won by 11.9%INC 41.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 11.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.5% — 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
91,638
Margin
10,910
11.91%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1HASHIM ABDUL HALIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM48,93653.4%
- 2ASOKE KRISHNA DUTTIndian National Congress · INC38,02641.5%
- 3SK. RAFIKQUE ALIMUL · MUL3,2063.5%
- 4SANTOSH KUMAR GHOSHIndependent · IND6500.7%
- 5MD.SHAFIUDIN MONDALIndependent · IND3420.4%
- 6MOLLA MOTALEB HOSSAINOIndependent · IND2540.3%
- 7DULAL BISWASIndependent · IND2240.2%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −47.1%
- CPM share
- 59.0% → 53.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 41.5%
- Turnout
- — → —