West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1987
294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, 74.36% turnout.
Seats
294
Candidates
1,497
35 women, 12 elected
Turnout
74.36%
2.63 cr of 3.53 cr
Leading party
CPM
187 of 294 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in West Bengal
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 187 | +13 | 213 | 1,03,27,984 | 39.30% | +0.81 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 40 | -9 | 294 | 1,09,89,520 | 41.81% | +6.08 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 26 | -2 | 34 | 15,34,795 | 5.84% | -0.07 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 18 | -1 | 23 | 10,36,138 | 3.94% | -0.07 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 11 | +4 | 12 | 5,03,854 | 1.92% | +0.10 |
| INDIndependent | 9 | -2 | 730 | 13,00,569 | 4.95% | -2.04 |
| SUCSUC | 2 | 0 | 46 | 2,37,674 | 0.90% | -0.13 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 1 | +1 | 36 | 1,62,850 | 0.62% | +0.05 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1,34,867 | 0.51% | -0.06 |
| JNPJanata Party | 0 | 0 | 30 | 41,475 | 0.16% | -0.68 |
| LKDLok Dal | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10,032 | 0.04% | -0.06 |
| ICSSCSICSSCS | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3,335 | 0.01% | — |
- CPM187 (64%)
- INC40 (14%)
- FBL26 (9%)
- RSP18 (6%)
- CPI11 (4%)
- IND9 (3%)
- Others3 (1%)
- CPM187
- INC40
- FBL26
- RSP18
- CPI11
- IND9
- Others3
- CPM187
- INC40
- FBL26
- RSP18
- CPI11
- IND9
- SUC2
- MUL1
Constituency performance
From the 294 results in West Bengal
Closest contest
CANNING WEST
won by 506 (0.52%)
Biggest victory
KALIMPONG
won by 887 (84.32%)
Highest turnout
DEBRA
91.13%
Lowest turnout
KALIMPONG
1.00%
Seat change
Against West Bengal's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1982), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained242 (82%)
- Changed hands51 (17%)
- New seat1 (0%)
242 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 51 changed hands. 1 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
West Bengal, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- INC
- FBL
- RSP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 294 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOW BAZAR | INCSUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY | CPMMD. ISMAIL | 10,74220.06% | 59.0% |
| BUDGE BUDGE | CPMKSHITI BHUSAN ROY BARMAN | INCLAL BAHADUR SINGH | 2,3242.62% | 73.0% |
| BURDWAN NORTH | CPMCHOWDHURY BINOY KRISHNA | INCSANTOSH SAHA SIKDAR | 37,13233.22% | 80.1% |
| BURDWAN SOUTH | CPMSEN NIRUPAM | INCPRADIP BHATTACHARYA | 11,95810.68% | 72.6% |
| BURTOLA | INCSADHAN PANDE | RSPSUNIL SENGUPTA | 15,79821.57% | 66.6% |
| CANNING EAST | CPMABDUR RAZZAK MOLLA | INCAMAR NATH BANDOPADHYAY | 21,48725.40% | 79.1% |
| CANNING WEST | INCGOBINDA CHANDRA NASKAR | CPMCHITTA RANJAN MIRDHA | 5060.52% | 76.4% |
| CHAKDAHA | CPMSUBHASH BASU | INCSANTANU BHOWAMIK | 19,93216.77% | 80.1% |
| CHAMPDANI | CPMSUNIL SARKAR | INCGOURISANKAR BANERJEE | 5,5015.27% | 69.4% |
| CHANDERNAGORE | CPMSANDHYA CHATTOPADHYAY | INCKAMAL KUMAR MUKHERJEE | 6,0735.93% | 75.5% |
| CHANDITALA | CPMGHOSH MALIN | INCALI HOSSAIN JAMADAR | 15,09615.28% | 73.6% |
| CHANDRAKONA | CPMUMAPATI CHAKRABORTTY | INCSK. KHALILUR RAHAMAN | 15,34915.70% | 84.4% |
| CHAPRA | CPMMIR QUSEM | INCDILIP DUTTA | 15,14716.74% | 83.3% |
| CHHATNA | RSPSUBJAS GOSWAMI | INCTAPAN BANERJEE | 14,16418.89% | 64.2% |
| CHINSURAH | FBLNARENDRA NATH DEY | INCCHANDRA KUMAR DEY | 8,0998.31% | 74.2% |
| CHOPRA | CPMMAHAMUDIN | INCSHIEKH JALALUDDIN AHMAD | 6,5078.34% | 77.0% |
| CHOWRINGHEE | INCDEBI PRASAD CHATTOPADHYAY | CPMBADSA ALAM | 17,49427.66% | 58.6% |
| CONTAI NORTH | CPMRAM SANKAR KAR | INCMAITI DWIJENDRA | 3,2893.99% | 79.3% |
| CONTAI SOUTH | CPISUKHENDU MAITI | INCSAILJA KUMAR DAS | 3,6544.73% | 73.6% |
| COOCH BEHAR NORTH | FBLAPARAJITA GOPPI | INCMIHIR KUMAR GOSWAMI | 9,78010.89% | 76.9% |
| COOCH BEHAR WEST | FBLBIMAL KANTI BASU | INCSHYAMAL CHOUDHURY | 14,17913.46% | 81.5% |
| COSSIPUR | CPMDIPAK CHANDA | INCPRAFULLA KANTI GHOSE | 4250.65% | 67.1% |
| DANTAN | CPIKANAI BHOMIK | INCDILIP KUMAR DAS | 29,91134.62% | 76.1% |
| DARJEELING | CPMDAWA LAMA | INCP. P. RAI | 12,79383.66% | 12.8% |
| DASPUR | CPMPRABHAS PHODIKAR | INCPARESH MONDAL | 12,20813.78% | 78.7% |
| DEBRA | CPMSK. JAHANGIR KARIM | INCSK. MOHAMMED DAUD | 7,4748.37% | 91.1% |
| DEGANGA | MULA.K.M.UZZAMAN | FBLMORTOZA HSSAIN | 2,7233.17% | 81.5% |
| DHAKURIA | RSPJATIN CHAKROBORTY | INCSHANKAR KANTI BHOWMIK | 10,31810.27% | 69.6% |
| DHANIAKHALI | FBLKIRPASINDHU SAHA | INCKASHINATH PATRA | 15,71216.35% | 85.4% |
| DHUPGURI | CPMBANAMALI ROY | INCNRIPENDRA NATH ROY | 13,97219.90% | 70.3% |
| DIAMOND HARBOUR | CPMABDUL QUIYOM MOLLA | INCMONORANJAN KAYAL | 15,94618.01% | 71.0% |
| DINHATA | FBLKAMAL GUHA | INCALOK KUMAR NANDY | 10,91410.48% | 83.0% |
| DOMJUR | CPMJOYKESH MUKHERJEE | INCSACHIN RAY | 15,71413.55% | 75.9% |
| DOMKAL | CPMABDUL BARI MAHAMMAD | INCEKRAMUL HOQUE BISWAS | 10,1769.31% | 83.4% |
| DUBRAJPUR | FBLBHAKTI BHUSAN MANDAL | INCGOURHARI CHANDRA | 15,13818.26% | 68.0% |
| DUM DUM | CPMSANTI RANJAN GHATAK | INCHARASHIT GHOSH | 27,77622.90% | 73.9% |
| DURGAPUR-I | CPMDILIP MAZUMDAR | INCSUDEB ROY | 7,1158.00% | 73.9% |
| DURGAPUR-II | CPMTARUN CHATTERJEE | INCNARAYAN HAZRA CHOWDHURY | 17,17114.30% | 69.8% |
| EGRA | INDSINHA PRABODH CHANDRA | INCKSHITINDRA MOHAN SAHOO | 7,3038.79% | 76.9% |
| ENGLISHBAZAR | CPMSAILEN SARKAR | INCASOK KUNDU | 11,27613.18% | 75.3% |
| ENTALLY | INCSULTAN AHMED | CPMMD. NIZAMUDDIN | 1,3281.96% | 61.7% |
| FALAKATA | CPMJAGENDRA NATH SINGHA ROY | INCLALIT MOHAN ROY | 6,3007.63% | 74.7% |
| FALTA | CPMARTI DAS GUPTA | INCDINABANDHU HALDER | 16,11120.54% | 72.9% |
| FARAKKA | CPMABUL HASNAT KHAN | INCMAINUL SHAIKH | 9,10411.33% | 77.3% |
| GAIGHATA | CPMKANTI BISWAS | INCRADHA PADA BISWAS | 9,4168.51% | 84.5% |
| GAJOL | CPMSUPHAL MURMU | INCNABA KUMAR HEMBRAM | 15,46617.86% | 74.9% |
| GALSI | FBLSEN DEB RANJAN | INCAJIT BANDYOPADHYAY | 26,73829.35% | 76.3% |
| GANGAJALGHATI | CPMNABANI BAURI | INCPHATIK CHANDRA MANDAL | 17,85720.81% | 70.9% |
| GANGARAMPUR | CPMMINATI GHOSH | INCAHAMED MOSLIHUDDIN | 12,03011.60% | 78.7% |
| GARDEN REACH | INCFAZLE AZIM MOLLA | CPMMD. AMIN | 9,75611.34% | 65.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in West Bengal alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.