Constituency
139. Belgachia East
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-BELGACHIA-EAST
CPM 52.3%won by 6.2%INC 46.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 6.2%.
- 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
1,38,745
Margin
8,565
6.17%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SUBHASH CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM72,58452.3%
- 2KUMARES BASUIndian National Congress · INC64,01946.1%
- 3DILIP KUMAR DASIndependent · IND2,1421.5%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −7.8%
- CPM share
- 56.0% → 52.3%
- INC share
- 42.0% → 46.1%
- Turnout
- — → —