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Constituency

259. Hirapur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-HIRAPUR

INC 51.4%won by 6.8%CPM 44.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 6.8%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 45.3% to 51.4% of the vote here (+6.0%).

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
82,686
Margin
5,634
6.81%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUHRID BASU MALLIKIndian National Congress · INC42,49051.4%
  2. 2BAMAPADE MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,85644.6%
  3. 3SYED NUMTAZ AHMEDJanata Party · JNP1,2241.5%
  4. 4RANJIT SADHUIndependent · IND8721.1%
  5. 5BHAGWAN DINIndependent · IND8681.0%
  6. 6RAJNATH KURMIIndependent · IND3760.5%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+13.3%
INC share
45.3% → 51.4%
CPM share
51.8% → 44.6%
Turnout
— → —
258. Barabani260. Asansol
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