Constituency
154. Taltola
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-TALTOLA
CPM 50.2%won by 2.3%INC 47.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.6% to 2.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.7% — 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
68,955
Margin
1,595
2.31%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1SUMANTA KUMAR HIRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,62650.2%
- 2UTPAL SHAWIndian National Congress · INC33,03147.9%
- 3SUDHANANDA DHUSIYALKD · LKD6430.9%
- 4PABAN PANDITIndependent · IND3330.5%
- 5PRADIP PANDITIndependent · IND3220.5%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −13.3%
- CPM share
- 56.9% → 50.2%
- INC share
- 41.4% → 47.9%
- Turnout
- — → —