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Constituency

146. Chowringhee

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-CHOWRINGHEE

INC 62.2%won by 27.7%CPM 34.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.8% to 27.7%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
63,236
Margin
17,494
27.66%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DEBI PRASAD CHATTOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC39,36162.2%
  2. 2BADSA ALAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,86734.6%
  3. 3SISIR KUMAR BASUIndependent · IND1,6482.6%
  4. 4GOPAL GHOSHIndependent · IND1570.2%
  5. 5RAM MURTI SINGHIndependent · IND1230.2%
  6. 6SUBRATA DASIndependent · IND800.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+8.8%
INC share
55.7% → 62.2%
CPM share
36.9% → 34.6%
Turnout
— → —
145. Bow Bazar147. Kabitirtha
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