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West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1987

The 10th West Bengal legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
294
148 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
187 seats · majority
Candidates
1,497
35 women, 12 elected
Turnout
74.36%
2.63 cr of 3.53 cr

The house

294 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

294SEATS
  • CPM187
  • INC40
  • FBL26
  • RSP18
  • CPI11
  • IND9
  • SUC2
  • MUL1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous West Bengal assembly election (1982)

CPM
+13
INC
-9
CPI
+4

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)187+1321353.6%1,03,27,98439.30%+0.811
INCIndian National Congress40-929441.8%1,09,89,52041.81%+6.084
FBLAll India Forward Bloc26-23450.5%15,34,7955.84%-0.070
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party18-12351.1%10,36,1383.94%-0.070
CPICommunist Party of India11+41252.9%5,03,8541.92%+0.100
INDIndependent9-27302.0%13,00,5694.95%-2.04711
SUCSUC20465.7%2,37,6740.90%-0.1344
MULIndian Union Muslim League1+1365.1%1,62,8500.62%+0.0535
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00572.7%1,34,8670.51%-0.0756
JNPJanata Party00301.6%41,4750.16%-0.6830
LKDLok Dal00180.6%10,0320.04%-0.0618
ICSSCSICSSCS0—40.9%3,3350.01%—4

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in West Bengal at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Mar 1987

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
KALIMPONGWest BengalCPIMOHANSING RAIINCTASHI TSHERING LEPCHA88784.32%
DARJEELINGWest BengalCPMDAWA LAMAINCP. P. RAI12,79383.66%
KURSEONGWest BengalCPMHARKA BAHADUR RAIINCA. N. PRADHAN4,06955.42%
AUSGRAMWest BengalCPMSRIDHAR MALIKINCBISWAMBHAR MONDAL43,32646.17%
BARA BAZARWest BengalINCRAJESH KHAITANINDSHAUKAT RAHAMANI16,41338.71%
DANTANWest BengalCPIKANAI BHOMIKINCDILIP KUMAR DAS29,91134.62%
BURDWAN NORTHWest BengalCPMCHOWDHURY BINOY KRISHNAINCSANTOSH SAHA SIKDAR37,13233.22%
MANGALKOTWest BengalCPMNIKHILANANDA SARINCJAGADISH DATTA29,49032.84%
RAINAWest BengalCPMDHIRENDRANATH CHATTERJEEINCUDAY SANKAR SAIN29,54132.75%
SEALDAHWest BengalINCSOMENDRA NATH MITRACPINANDA GOPAL BHATTACHARJEE15,68932.31%

Closest results of Mar 1987

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
CANNING WESTWest BengalINCGOBINDA CHANDRA NASKARCPMCHITTA RANJAN MIRDHA5060.52%
BAGDAHAWest BengalINCAPURBA LAL MAJUMDARFBLKAMALAKSHMI BISWAS5860.65%
COSSIPURWest BengalCPMDIPAK CHANDAINCPRAFULLA KANTI GHOSE4250.65%
MURARAIWest BengalINCMOTAHAR HOSSAINCPMDURGADAS GHOSH7800.97%
KALIGANJWest BengalINCS.M. FAZLUR RAHAMANRSPGHOSH DEBSARAN9181.00%
MAHISHADALWest BengalCPMSURYA CHAKARBARTIINCSUKUMAR DAS9401.16%
PANIHATIWest BengalCPMGOPALKRISHNA BHATTACHARYAINCTAPAN CHATTOPADHYAY1,3981.28%
ISLAMPURWest BengalCPMMD. FARUQUE AZAMINCCHOWDHURY MOHAMMAD ABDUL KARIM9451.28%
KANDIWest BengalCPISYED WAHED REZAINCBANKIM TRIVEDI1,4031.43%
BADURIAWest BengalCPMMD. SHELIMINCQUAZI ABDUL GAFFAR1,4251.55%