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Constituency

140. Cossipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

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CPM 49.1%won by 0.7%INC 48.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 0.7%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 425 votes (0.65%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
65,058
Margin
425
0.65%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DIPAK CHANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,93949.1%
  2. 2PRAFULLA KANTI GHOSEIndian National Congress · INC31,51448.4%
  3. 3PADMARAJ ROYJanata Party · JNP5870.9%
  4. 4DEBASHISH KUNDUIndependent · IND2520.4%
  5. 5GANESH DUTTAIndependent · IND2430.4%
  6. 6AMBAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND2140.3%
  7. 7RAMJANAN SINGHIndependent · IND1460.2%
  8. 8SUBRATA KUMAR BOSEIndependent · IND790.1%
  9. 9RAGHU NANDAN SINGHIndependent · IND520.1%
  10. 10SAMIR KUMAR PAULIndependent · IND320.0%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+1.9%
CPM share
48.1% → 49.1%
INC share
49.3% → 48.4%
Turnout
— → —
139. Belgachia East141. Shyampukur
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