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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987

294 seats · 51 changed party since 1982

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987 · 8 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 187 seatsIndian National Congress — 40 seatsFBL — 26 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 18 seatsCommunist Party of India — 11 seatsIndependent — 9 seatsSUC — 2 seats1 other parties — 1 seat148294of 294 seats
  • CPM187
  • INC40
  • FBL26
  • RSP18
  • CPI11
  • IND9
  • SUC2
  • Others1

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)18764%1,03,27,98439.3%213
INCIndian National Congress4014%1,09,89,52041.8%294
FBLFBL269%15,34,7955.8%34
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party186%10,36,1383.9%23
CPICommunist Party of India114%5,03,8541.9%12
INDIndependent93%13,00,5694.9%730
SUCSUC21%2,37,6740.9%46
MULMUL10%1,62,8500.6%36

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1987 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 148

1987 · selected
Majority 148
CPM187INC40FBL26RSP18CPI11IND9SUC2MUL1
1982 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1982 → 1987

1982 1987· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
38.5
39.3
35.7
41.8
5.9
5.8
4.0
3.9
7.0
4.9
3.9
0.0
CPMINCFBLRSPINDICS

Seat change

1987 seats minus 1982 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
174 → 187
+13
INC
49 → 40
−9
FBL
28 → 26
−2
RSP
19 → 18
−1
CPI
7 → 11
+4
IND
11 → 9
−2
SUC
2 → 2
0
MUL
0 → 1
+1
ICS
4 → 0
−4

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1982 → 1987

share lostshare gained
INC
35.7% → 41.8%
+6.1%
CPM
38.5% → 39.3%
+0.8%
JNP
0.8% → 0.2%
−0.7%
IND
7.0% → 4.9%
−2.0%
ICS
3.9% → 0.0%
−3.9%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1982 → 1987. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Ramnagar
+65.7%
Arambagh
+59.3%
Kharagpur Town
−56.6%
Kurseong
+54.9%
Kabitirtha
−52.3%
Noapara
−51.8%
Maheshtala
−50.4%
Ashokenagar
−49.9%
Jagatballavpur
−49.2%
Basirhat
−47.7%
Itahar
−47.1%
Amdanga
−47.1%

Closest races · 1987

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1987

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1982