Election
Constituency

135. Panihati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-PANIHATI

CPM 47.4%won by 1.3%INC 46.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.3% to 1.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,09,396
Margin
1,398
1.28%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−14.1%
CPM share
55.7% 47.4%
INC share
40.4% 46.1%
Turnout