Constituency
159. Manicktola
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-MANICKTOLA
CPM 54.7%won by 11.2%INC 43.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.4% to 11.2%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — 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
90,724
Margin
10,195
11.24%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1SHYAMAL CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM49,59954.7%
- 2BIMALENDU ROYIndian National Congress · INC39,40443.4%
- 3ASHIM BANERJEEJanata Party · JNP5380.6%
- 4GANESH SINGHIndependent · IND4570.5%
- 5LAKSHMI KANTA MANNAIndependent · IND3030.3%
- 6BAGEDU DHOBIIndependent · IND1390.2%
- 7PANCHANAN MONDALIndependent · IND1250.1%
- 8NANI GOPAL SARKARIndependent · IND990.1%
- 9TARAPADA KAR ROYIndependent · IND600.1%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −10.2%
- CPM share
- 59.8% → 54.7%
- INC share
- 38.4% → 43.4%
- Turnout
- — → —