Constituency

167. Jagatballavpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-JAGATBALLAVPUR

CPM 54.9%won by 10.7%INC 44.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.8% to 10.7%.

Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.2% — it did not contest here in 1982.

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

1,01,139

Margin

10,793

10.67%

5 contested · winner CPM

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