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Constituency

245. Raipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-RAIPUR

CPM 56.7%won by 21.3%INC 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.3% to 21.3%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.0% of the vote between them, up from 84.7% — 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
93,461
Margin
19,900
21.29%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1UPEN KISKUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM52,95356.7%
  2. 2BHABATOSH SARENIndian National Congress · INC33,05335.4%
  3. 3LABU MURMUIndependent · IND3,9554.2%
  4. 4LASKAR CHANDRA KISKUIndependent · IND3,5003.7%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+6.0%
CPM share
50.0% → 56.7%
INC share
34.7% → 35.4%
Turnout
— → —
244. Taldangra246. Ranibandh
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