Constituency
193. Khanakul
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-KHANAKUL
CPM 57.3%won by 15.7%INC 41.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.6% to 15.7%.
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
98,139
Margin
15,404
15.70%
Candidates
3 contested · winner CPM- 1SCHINDRA NATH HAJRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM56,26357.3%
- 2BASUDEV HAJRAIndian National Congress · INC40,85941.6%
- 3SANKAR MAITRYIndependent · IND1,0171.0%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +13.1%
- CPM share
- 50.7% → 57.3%
- INC share
- 48.1% → 41.6%
- Turnout
- — → —