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228. Dantan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-DANTAN

CPI 66.4%won by 34.6%INC 31.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.1% to 34.6%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
86,405
Margin
29,911
34.62%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1KANAI BHOMIKCommunist Party of India · CPI57,37866.4%
  2. 2DILIP KUMAR DASIndian National Congress · INC27,46731.8%
  3. 3BASANTA DASIndependent · IND1,0561.2%
  4. 4INDU MADHAB SINHAIndependent · IND3370.4%
  5. 5SUGANDHI MISHRAIndependent · IND1670.2%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−34.4%
CPI share
69.0% → 66.4%
INC share
0.0% → 31.8%
Turnout
— → —
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