Constituency
120. Magrahat West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-MAGRAHAT-WEST
CPM 53.7%won by 13.7%INC 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 13.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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
84,414
Margin
11,605
13.75%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1ABDUS CHHOHAN GAZICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM45,36753.7%
- 2KIRONMOY DEBIndian National Congress · INC33,76240.0%
- 3AZIZUL ISLAM KHANMUL · MUL3,4864.1%
- 4ABDUL ROUF BAIDYASUC · SUC1,1911.4%
- 5ABDUL MANNAN KHANIndependent · IND3210.4%
- 6FIROJ HOSSAIN LASKARIndependent · IND2090.2%
- 7ABDUS SALAM RAHIMIIndependent · IND780.1%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −3.5%
- CPM share
- 57.4% → 53.7%
- INC share
- 40.2% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- — → —