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Constituency

243. Hura

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-HURA

CPM 52.4%won by 12.2%INC 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 12.2%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.6% of the vote between them, up from 87.2% — 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
83,101
Margin
10,176
12.25%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1AMBARISH MUKHOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM43,57452.4%
  2. 2BIKASH MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC33,39840.2%
  3. 3BAGHAMBAR MAHATOIndependent · IND3,2123.9%
  4. 4PARIKSHIT MAHATOSUC · SUC1,6832.0%
  5. 5SAKTI PADA MUKHARJEEIndependent · IND3890.5%
  6. 6NIRANJAN MAHATAIndependent · IND3090.4%
  7. 7SAGAR CHADRA MAHATOIndependent · IND2970.4%
  8. 8BHIKSHA KAR MAHATOIndependent · IND2390.3%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−36.7%
CPM share
48.9% → 52.4%
INC share
0.0% → 40.2%
Turnout
— → —
242. Kashipur244. Taldangra
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