Constituency
256. Sonamukhi
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-SONAMUKHI
CPM 58.8%won by 17.5%INC 41.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.2% to 17.5%.
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
86,299
Margin
15,127
17.53%
Candidates
2 contested · winner CPM- 1SUKHENDU KHANCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM50,71358.8%
- 2KALLOL SAHAIndian National Congress · INC35,58641.2%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +4.4%
- CPM share
- 56.6% → 58.8%
- INC share
- 43.4% → 41.2%
- Turnout
- — → —