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Constituency

95. Basirhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-BASIRHAT

CPM 47.3%won by 6.8%INC 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.0% to 6.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.5% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.8% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
1,05,956
Margin
7,221
6.82%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−47.7%
CPM share
54.5% 47.3%
INC share
0.0% 40.5%
Turnout