Constituency

261. Raniganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-RANIGANJ

CPM 64.4%won by 31.5%INC 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.5% to 31.5%.

Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 92.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

86,971

Margin

27,395

31.50%

5 contested · winner CPM

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