Constituency
225. Kharagpur Rural
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-KHARAGPUR-RURAL
CPM 59.3%won by 20.8%INC 38.4%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.1% to 20.8%.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 38.4% — 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
92,002
Margin
19,180
20.85%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1NAJMUL HAQUECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM54,54259.3%
- 2RANJIT BASUIndian National Congress · INC35,36238.4%
- 3SRINATH SINGHIndependent · IND9501.0%
- 4KOTAL JHARESWARIndependent · IND5930.6%
- 5SK. MEHMOODIndependent · IND2800.3%
- 6TAPAN DEYIndependent · IND2750.3%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −35.3%
- CPM share
- 56.1% → 59.3%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 38.4%
- Turnout
- — → —