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 151–200 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KALYANPUR | CPMNITAI CHARAN ADAK | INCASIT MITRA | 9,33410.85% | 78.2% |
| KAMARHATI | CPMRADHIKA RANJAN BANERJEE | INCAJOY GHOSAL | 12,74912.49% | 69.5% |
| KANDI | CPISYED WAHED REZA | INCBANKIM TRIVEDI | 1,4031.43% | 74.0% |
| KANKSA | CPMKRISHNA CHANDRA HALDER | INCSAMIR KUMAR SAHA | 27,19531.00% | 75.7% |
| KARANDIGHI | FBLSURESH CHANDRA SINGHA | INDHAJI SAJJAD HOSSAIN | 6,5077.78% | 65.8% |
| KARIMPUR | CPMBISWAS CHITTARANJAN(ANANDAPALLY) | INCARABINDA MANDAL | 10,07610.68% | 83.4% |
| KASHIPUR | CPMSURENDRA NATH MAJHI | INCANIL BARAN MURMU | 14,20619.86% | 67.6% |
| KATWA | CPMANJAN CHATTERJEE | INCRABINDRA NATH CHATTERJEE | 10,49210.68% | 76.4% |
| KESHIARI | CPMMAHESWAR MURMU | INCBUDHAN CHANDRA TUDU | 24,85827.55% | 79.0% |
| KESHPUR | CPMHIMANSU KUMAR | INCRAJANI KANTA DOLAI | 13,22613.33% | 86.1% |
| KETUGRAM | CPMRAICHARAN MAJHI | INCPRABHAKAR MANDAL | 25,28027.34% | 76.2% |
| KHAJURI | INDSUNIRMAL PAIK | INCMANDAL SUSANTA | 15,36519.26% | 79.8% |
| KHANAKUL | CPMSCHINDRA NATH HAJRA | INCBASUDEV HAJRA | 15,40415.70% | 81.4% |
| KHANDAGHOSH | CPMSHIBAPRASAD DALUI | INCPRAMATHA DHIBAR | 28,34931.39% | 80.8% |
| KHARAGPUR RURAL | CPMNAJMUL HAQUE | INCRANJIT BASU | 19,18020.85% | 75.1% |
| KHARAGPUR TOWN | INCGYAN SINGH SOHANPAL | CPMJATINDRA MITRA | 10,77015.73% | 58.7% |
| KHARBA | CPMNAZMUL HOQUE | INCMAHBUBUL HAQUE | 6,2376.70% | 82.2% |
| KHARDAH | CPMASIM KUMAR DASGUPTA | INCSUDHIR BANERJEE | 24,47223.54% | 73.3% |
| KHARGRAM | CPMBISHWANATH MANDAL | INCASHOK SAHA | 12,63313.28% | 73.6% |
| KOTULPUR | CPMGOURI PADA DUTTA | INCKOLAY BABLU | 22,37323.16% | 84.3% |
| KRANTI | CPMSUDHAN RAHA | INCKALLOL BASU | 16,59623.33% | 70.1% |
| KRISHNAGANJ | CPMNAYAN CHANDRA SARKAR | INCMRINAL KANTI BISWAS | 21,85827.33% | 79.6% |
| KRISHNAGAR EAST | CPMSADHAN CHATTOPADHYAY | INCSIBDAS MUKHERJEE | 1,9422.27% | 73.6% |
| KRISHNAGAR WEST | CPMAMRITENDU MUKHOPADHYAY | INCGORI SANKAR DUTTA | 8,89011.05% | 80.1% |
| KULPI | CPMKRISHNADHAN HALDER | INCKIRTIBAS SARDAR | 7,62510.15% | 70.4% |
| KULTALI | SUCPRABODH PURKAIT | INCARABINDA NASKER | 11,84113.02% | 78.5% |
| KULTI | INCTUHIN SAMANTA | FBLMADHU BENERJEE | 9,35912.12% | 58.8% |
| KUMARGANJ | CPMDWIJENDRA MONDAL | INCAFRABUDDIN SARKAR | 9,6269.33% | 80.6% |
| KUMARGRAM | RSPSUBODH BARWA | INCKHAGENDRA NATH THAKUR | 13,56716.43% | 74.8% |
| KURSEONG | CPMHARKA BAHADUR RAI | INCA. N. PRADHAN | 4,06955.42% | 6.4% |
| KUSHMANDI | RSPROY NARMADA | INCSARKAR DHIRENDRA NATH | 9,85110.96% | 80.8% |
| LABHPUR | CPMMAJUMDAR SUNIL | INCEUNUS MALLICK | 18,66321.55% | 78.0% |
| LALGOLA | INCABDUS SATTAR | CPMYEAN ALI | 1,6031.76% | 79.9% |
| MADARIHAT | RSPSUSHIL KUJUR | INCTUNA TOPPO | 7,41311.07% | 64.4% |
| MAGRAHAT EAST | CPMRADHIKA RANJAN PRAMANIK | INCMONORANJAN HALDER | 12,51113.84% | 79.5% |
| MAGRAHAT WEST | CPMABDUS CHHOHAN GAZI | INCKIRONMOY DEB | 11,60513.75% | 74.7% |
| MAHAMMAD BAZAR | CPMDHIREN SEN | INCTAPAN MUKHERJEE | 16,31518.66% | 72.5% |
| MAHESHTALA | CPMABUL BASAR | INCHABIBUR RAHMAN | 11,78512.76% | 71.4% |
| MAHISHADAL | CPMSURYA CHAKARBARTI | INCSUKUMAR DAS | 9401.16% | 82.0% |
| MAINAGURI | RSPTARAK BANDHU ROY | INCMANMATHA ROY BASUNIA | 9,54911.85% | 72.7% |
| MAL | CPMMOHANLAL ORAON | INCAAO KALANDI | 15,69522.65% | 63.4% |
| MALDA | CPMSUBHENDU CHOWDHURY | INCPHANI BHUSAN ROY | 15,77317.20% | 77.9% |
| MANBAZAR | CPMKAMALAKANTA MAHATA | INCSITARAM MAHATO | 5,7916.26% | 76.3% |
| MANDIRBAZAR | CPMSUBHASH ROY | INCDURGA CHARAN MONDAL | 6,9987.83% | 76.4% |
| MANGALKOT | CPMNIKHILANANDA SAR | INCJAGADISH DATTA | 29,49032.84% | 73.2% |
| MANICKTOLA | CPMSHYAMAL CHAKRABORTY | INCBIMALENDU ROY | 10,19511.24% | 69.9% |
| MANIKCHAK | CPMSUBODH CHOWDHUARI | INCJOKHILAL MANDAL | 11,23914.77% | 76.3% |
| MANTESWAR | CPMHEMANTA ROY | INCGOUR GOPAL ROY | 23,45625.77% | 73.7% |
| MATHABHANGA | CPMDINESH CHANDRA DAKUA | INCJATINDRA NATH BARMAN | 5,3705.74% | 80.8% |
| MATHURAPUR | INCBAPULI SATYA RANJAN | CPMBRINDABAN BHANDARY | 6,7876.80% | 81.0% |
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.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1987?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 187 of 294 seats in West Bengal, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the West Bengal assembly election, Mar 1987?
Turnout was 74.36% — 2.63 cr of 3.53 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does West Bengal have?
West Bengal has 294 assembly seats.
