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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

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CPM 58.7%won by 25.6%INC 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.2% to 25.6%.

  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
84,468
Margin
21,599
25.57%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1GOBINDA BAURICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM49,56658.7%
  2. 2KASHINATH BAURIIndian National Congress · INC27,96733.1%
  3. 3BIBHISHON BAURISUC · SUC4,5515.4%
  4. 4SATYANARAYAN RAJWARIndependent · IND2,1392.5%
  5. 5SAHADEB BOURIIndependent · IND2450.3%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+13.4%
CPM share
50.3% → 58.7%
INC share
38.1% → 33.1%
Turnout
— → —
239. Purulia241. Raghunathpur
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