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Constituency

262. Jamuria

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-JAMURIA

CPM 58.6%won by 23.9%INC 34.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.2% to 23.9%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1982.

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
90,759
Margin
21,678
23.89%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BIKASH CHOWDHURYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM53,18458.6%
  2. 2BISWANATH CHAKRABORTYIndian National Congress · INC31,50634.7%
  3. 3SUNIL PALIndependent · IND2,7153.0%
  4. 4UMA SANKAR MISRAJanata Party · JNP1,8802.1%
  5. 5PANDIT NARAYANAIndependent · IND1,4741.6%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−28.5%
CPM share
52.4% → 58.6%
INC share
0.0% → 34.7%
Turnout
— → —
261. Raniganj263. Ukhra
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