Election
Constituency

270. Burdwan North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-BURDWAN-NORTH

CPM 66.4%won by 33.2%INC 33.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 32.1% to 33.2%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1982.
  • 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
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,11,768
Margin
37,132
33.22%

Candidates

3 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1CHOWDHURY BINOY KRISHNACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM74,17966.4%
  2. 2SANTOSH SAHA SIKDARIndian National Congress · INC37,04733.1%
  3. 3ANIL KUMAR CHOWDHURYLKD · LKD5420.5%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−32.0%
CPM share
65.2% → 66.4%
INC share
0.0% → 33.1%
Turnout
— → —
269. Galsi271. Burdwan South
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