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Constituency

119. Diamond Harbour

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-DIAMOND-HARBOUR

CPM 52.9%won by 18.0%INC 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist 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.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
88,539
Margin
15,946
18.01%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−8.3%
CPM share
62.3% 52.9%
INC share
36.1% 34.9%
Turnout