Constituency
119. Diamond Harbour
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-DIAMOND-HARBOUR
CPM 52.9%won by 18.0%INC 34.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.3% to 18.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.9% between them, down from 98.4% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
88,539
Margin
15,946
18.01%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1ABDUL QUIYOM MOLLACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM46,86852.9%
- 2MONORANJAN KAYALIndian National Congress · INC30,92234.9%
- 3SHEIKH DAULAT ALIIndependent · IND8,4989.6%
- 4KUTHUBUDDIN KHANMUL · MUL1,8162.1%
- 5HARIPADA NASKARIndependent · IND4350.5%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −8.3%
- CPM share
- 62.3% → 52.9%
- INC share
- 36.1% → 34.9%
- Turnout
- — → —