Constituency
239. Purulia
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-PURULIA
CPM 51.6%won by 6.0%INC 45.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: ICS (ICS) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 6.0%.
- CPM vote shareCPM went from 42.9% to 51.6% of the vote here (+8.7%).
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.6% — 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
92,072
Margin
5,526
6.00%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1MAMATA MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM47,53051.6%
- 2SUKUMAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC42,00445.6%
- 3TARAPADA MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND1,3621.5%
- 4SALIL NANDIIndependent · IND3410.4%
- 5CHEDILAL JALANIndependent · IND2990.3%
- 6JAMINI KANTA MAHATOIndependent · IND2700.3%
- 7PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHATAIndependent · IND2660.3%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- ICS
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- −36.9%
- CPM share
- 42.9% → 51.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 45.6%
- Turnout
- — → —