Constituency
289. Mahammad Bazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-MAHAMMAD-BAZAR
CPM 58.7%won by 18.7%INC 40.0%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.9% to 18.7%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 93.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
87,446
Margin
16,315
18.66%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1DHIREN SENCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM51,31058.7%
- 2TAPAN MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC34,99540.0%
- 3CHANDRADHAR PALIndependent · IND9291.1%
- 4AJOY MANDALIndependent · IND2120.2%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −6.3%
- CPM share
- 59.1% → 58.7%
- INC share
- 34.2% → 40.0%
- Turnout
- — → —