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Constituency

128. Bijpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-BIJPUR

CPM 50.4%won by 2.0%INC 48.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.3% to 2.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
93,780
Margin
1,836
1.96%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1JAGADISH CHANDRA DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,24250.4%
  2. 2BIMALANANDA DATTAIndian National Congress · INC45,40648.4%
  3. 3TAPAN BOSEJanata Party · JNP9331.0%
  4. 4SACHINDRALAL CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND1990.2%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−15.4%
CPM share
57.3% → 50.4%
INC share
39.9% → 48.4%
Turnout
— → —
127. Sagar129. Naihati
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