Constituency
226. Keshiari
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-KESHIARI
CPM 62.6%won by 27.6%INC 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 28.0% to 27.6%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.7% of the vote between them, up from 92.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
90,220
Margin
24,858
27.55%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1MAHESWAR MURMUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM56,49862.6%
- 2BUDHAN CHANDRA TUDUIndian National Congress · INC31,64035.1%
- 3DOMAN HANSDAIndependent · IND1,3901.5%
- 4SAGAR HEMRAMIndependent · IND6920.8%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −0.4%
- CPM share
- 60.0% → 62.6%
- INC share
- 32.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- — → —