Constituency
279. Purbasthali
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-PURBASTHALI
CPM 55.9%won by 15.3%INC 40.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.4% to 15.3%.
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
91,293
Margin
13,963
15.29%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPMSince 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +3.9%
- CPM share
- 54.6% → 55.9%
- INC share
- 43.1% → 40.6%
- Turnout
- — → —