Constituency
124. Kulpi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-KULPI
CPM 51.9%won by 10.2%INC 41.8%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.6% to 10.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — 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
75,110
Margin
7,625
10.15%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1KRISHNADHAN HALDERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM39,00251.9%
- 2KIRTIBAS SARDARIndian National Congress · INC31,37741.8%
- 3SAMIR SEKHAR NAIYASUC · SUC2,6493.5%
- 4SUJIT ROYMUL · MUL1,7812.4%
- 5HALDAR PANCHANANIndependent · IND3010.4%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −6.4%
- CPM share
- 57.5% → 51.9%
- INC share
- 41.0% → 41.8%
- Turnout
- — → —