Constituency
137. Baranagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-BARANAGAR
RSP 50.6%won by 5.9%INC 44.7%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.9% to 5.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,21,454
Margin
7,179
5.91%
Candidates
7 contested · winner RSP- 1MATISH ROYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP61,45650.6%
- 2PRANAB KANTI GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC54,27744.7%
- 3PROBODH RANJAN ROYIndependent · IND3,6053.0%
- 4SAMBHU NATH DUTTAIndependent · IND1,5071.2%
- 5SWAPAN MARIKIndependent · IND2170.2%
- 6BABU MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND2150.2%
- 7SRIPATI RANJAN MAJUMDARIndependent · IND1770.1%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–INC swing
- −12.0%
- RSP share
- 58.3% → 50.6%
- INC share
- 40.4% → 44.7%
- Turnout
- — → —