Constituency
194. Arambagh
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-ARAMBAGH
CPM 54.7%won by 11.2%INC 43.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 11.2%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 54.7% of the vote here (+54.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.3% of the vote between them, up from 93.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
1,09,774
Margin
12,298
11.20%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1BENODE DASCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM60,09754.7%
- 2ABDUL MANNANIndian National Congress · INC47,79943.5%
- 3MADAN HAIDERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,2441.1%
- 4SK. MD.JIKRIAIndependent · IND3260.3%
- 5NIKUNJA JANAIndependent · IND3080.3%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +59.3%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 54.7%
- INC share
- 48.1% → 43.5%
- Turnout
- — → —