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Constituency

164. Howrah South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-HOWRAH-SOUTH

INC 52.0%won by 5.4%CPM 46.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 46.3% to 52.0% of the vote here (+5.6%).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
79,177
Margin
4,244
5.36%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MRITYUNJOY BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC41,13952.0%
  2. 2PRALAY TALUKDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,89546.6%
  3. 3JAYANTA BANERJEEIcs (Scs) · ICSSCS5720.7%
  4. 4RANJIT KUMAR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND2930.4%
  5. 5SOUMYA BANDYOPADHYAYIndependent · IND2780.4%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+10.4%
INC share
46.3% → 52.0%
CPM share
51.4% → 46.6%
Turnout
— → —
163. Howrah Central165. Shibpur
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