Constituency
151. Dhakuria
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-DHAKURIA
RSP 53.1%won by 10.3%INC 42.8%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.9% to 10.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — 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
1,00,498
Margin
10,318
10.27%
Candidates
7 contested · winner RSP- 1JATIN CHAKROBORTYRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP53,36153.1%
- 2SHANKAR KANTI BHOWMIKIndian National Congress · INC43,04342.8%
- 3ARIJIT MITRAIndependent · IND1,9011.9%
- 4BASUDEV CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND9450.9%
- 5SNEHAMOY CHAUDHURYIndependent · IND5640.6%
- 6HARIHAR SARKARIndependent · IND3640.4%
- 7JATINDRA NATH BISWASIndependent · IND3200.3%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–INC swing
- −12.7%
- RSP share
- 60.6% → 53.1%
- INC share
- 37.7% → 42.8%
- Turnout
- — → —