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224. Kharagpur Town

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-KHARAGPUR-TOWN

INC 55.3%won by 15.7%CPM 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: ICS (ICS) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 55.3% of the vote here (+55.3%).

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
68,457
Margin
10,770
15.73%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1GYAN SINGH SOHANPALIndian National Congress · INC37,85055.3%
  2. 2JATINDRA MITRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM27,08039.6%
  3. 3PRADIP KUMAR PATNAIKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,2463.3%
  4. 4RAJENDRA KISHORE TEWARIJanata Party · JNP4850.7%
  5. 5SUGANDHI MISHRAIndependent · IND2260.3%
  6. 6PREM KUMAR SHARMAIndependent · IND2020.3%
  7. 7SUBHENDU MUKHOPADHYAYIndependent · IND1340.2%
  8. 8SWAPAN MAITYIndependent · IND1310.2%
  9. 9INDRA KISHORE MISHRAIndependent · IND1030.2%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
ICS
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+56.6%
INC share
0.0% → 55.3%
CPM share
40.8% → 39.6%
Turnout
— → —
223. Midnapore225. Kharagpur Rural
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