Constituency
142. Jorabagan
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-JORABAGAN
INC 52.7%won by 17.9%CPM 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.8% to 17.9%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
59,594
Margin
10,676
17.91%
Candidates
10 contested · winner INC- 1SUBRATA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC31,42452.7%
- 2SARALA MAHESWARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM20,74834.8%
- 3TAPAN SIKDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,73411.3%
- 4ASHOK KALANAURIAIndependent · IND1900.3%
- 5BANKIM CHANDRA GHOSALIndependent · IND1300.2%
- 6SUBRATA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1270.2%
- 7PRANTOSH SENIndependent · IND1220.2%
- 8MAHESH KUMAR BAGALAIndependent · IND510.1%
- 9KAYANA LAL KALWANAIndependent · IND410.1%
- 10BHEEKA PROSAD YADAVIndependent · IND270.0%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −9.9%
- INC share
- 57.0% → 52.7%
- CPM share
- 29.1% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- — → —