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Constituency

118. Falta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-FALTA

CPM 54.9%won by 20.5%INC 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 20.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% between them, down from 98.5% — 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
78,453
Margin
16,111
20.54%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−6.3%
CPM share
62.7% 54.9%
INC share
35.8% 34.4%
Turnout