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Constituency

266. Kanksa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-KANKSA

CPM 65.5%won by 31.0%INC 34.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.6% to 31.0%.

  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
87,733
Margin
27,195
31.00%

Candidates

2 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1KRISHNA CHANDRA HALDERCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM57,46465.5%
  2. 2SAMIR KUMAR SAHAIndian National Congress · INC30,26934.5%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+3.4%
CPM share
63.3% → 65.5%
INC share
35.7% → 34.5%
Turnout
— → —
265. Durgapur-Ii267. Ausgram
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