Constituency
115. Maheshtala
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-MAHESHTALA
CPM 55.4%won by 12.8%INC 42.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.3% to 12.8%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.7% — 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
92,383
Margin
11,785
12.76%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1ABUL BASARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM51,21355.4%
- 2HABIBUR RAHMANIndian National Congress · INC39,42842.7%
- 3DULAL DASIndependent · IND1,4021.5%
- 4JAHAR MALLICKIndependent · IND3400.4%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −50.4%
- CPM share
- 63.1% → 55.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 42.7%
- Turnout
- — → —