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Constituency

105. Canning West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-CANNING-WEST

INC 45.6%won by 0.5%CPM 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 0.5%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 42.2% to 45.6% of the vote here (+3.4%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 506 votes (0.52%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • 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
97,274
Margin
506
0.52%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+3.7%
INC share
42.2% 45.6%
CPM share
45.4% 45.1%
Turnout