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294. Murarai

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

WB-MURARAI

INC 47.4%won by 1.0%CPM 46.4%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.6% to 1.0%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 780 votes (0.97%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
80,326
Margin
780
0.97%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOTAHAR HOSSAINIndian National Congress · INC38,06347.4%
  2. 2DURGADAS GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,28346.4%
  3. 3ZIAD BAXISUC · SUC4,0935.1%
  4. 4NIMAI MONDALIndependent · IND4070.5%
  5. 5MD. SADDAKASLKD · LKD2020.3%
  6. 6ABDUL JALILJanata Party · JNP1870.2%
  7. 7JALADHAR DUTTAIndependent · IND910.1%

Since 1982

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−3.6%
INC share
49.3% → 47.4%
CPM share
44.7% → 46.4%
Turnout
— → —
293. Nalhati
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