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 201–250 of 294
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYURESWAR | CPMDHIREN LET | INCKAMALA KANTA MONDAL | 20,17629.03% | 66.8% |
| MEKLIGANJ | FBLSADA KANTA | INCMADHU SUDAN ROY | 9,0379.81% | 77.7% |
| MEMARI | CPMKONAR MAHARANI | INCNABAKUMAR CHATTOPADHYA | 33,62029.22% | 79.8% |
| MIDNAPORE | CPIKAMAKHYA CHARAN GHOSH | INCSAMIR ROY | 7,4247.13% | 74.0% |
| MOYNA | CPMPULIN BERA | INCREKHARANI DEB | 21,24523.06% | 81.0% |
| MUGBERIA | INDKIRANMAY NANDA | INCKRISHNA CHITANYAMAY NANDA | 15,83319.31% | 83.5% |
| MURARAI | INCMOTAHAR HOSSAIN | CPMDURGADAS GHOSH | 7800.97% | 75.8% |
| MURSHIDABAD | INCMANNAN HOSSAIN | INDRAY MADAN MOHAN | 3,6813.38% | 81.5% |
| NABADWIP | CPMBISWANATH MITRA | INCSATIS DEBNATH | 9,14110.45% | 77.6% |
| NABAGRAM | CPMBIRENDRA NARAYAN ROY | INCPRADIP MAJUMDAR | 9,3399.91% | 77.7% |
| NADANGHAT | CPMMANSUR HABIBULLAH | INCSWAPAN KUMAR DEBNATH | 17,80517.00% | 82.5% |
| NAGRAKATA | CPMSUKRA ORAON | INCBHADYA ORAON | 11,19212.88% | 68.5% |
| NAIHATI | INCTARUN ADHIKARY | CPMGOPAL BASU | 3,0033.13% | 75.0% |
| NAKASHIPARA | CPMSINHA SANTOSH KUMAR | INCKALLON KHAN | 8,3899.84% | 78.9% |
| NALHATI | FBLSATTICK KUMAR ROY | INCBRINDABAN SAHA | 7,08810.67% | 68.8% |
| NANDANPUR | CPMCHHAYA BERA | INCNIRMAL MAITY | 10,58112.71% | 83.3% |
| NANDIGRAM | CPISAKTIPRASAD BAL | INCDEBI SANKAR PANDA | 5,8726.47% | 77.9% |
| NANUR | CPMANANDA GOPAL DAS | INCADHIR KUMAR SAHA | 22,91226.73% | 72.7% |
| NAODA | RSPJAYANTA KUMAR BISWAS | INCHARUN ALI RASHID | 12,23113.46% | 72.0% |
| NARAYANGARH | CPMBIBHUTI BHUSAN DE | INCTIMIR BARAN PAHARI | 23,63724.76% | 83.4% |
| NARGHAT | INDBANKIM BEHARI MAITY | INCSUVENDU BEJ | 9,50310.26% | 80.8% |
| NATABARI | CPMSIBENDRA NARAYAN CHOWDHURY | INCSANTOSH KUMAR ROY | 8,0778.67% | 84.1% |
| NAYAGRAM | CPMANANTA SAREN | INCDASHARATHI SAREN | 18,60824.59% | 71.7% |
| NOAPARA | CPMJAMINI BHUSAN SAHA | INCSRIS DAS | 5,3847.02% | 74.0% |
| ONDA | FBLANIL MUKHERJEE | INCTAPAN BANERJEE | 19,66720.00% | 74.8% |
| PALASHIPARA | CPMMADHABENDU MOHANTA | INCKUMARESH CHANDRA BISWAS | 14,19815.47% | 78.6% |
| PANCHLA | FBLSAILENDRA NATH MONDOL | INCANWAR ALI SHEIKH | 5,7186.21% | 75.6% |
| PANDUA | CPMDEB NARAYAN CHAKRABORTY | INCHRISHIKESH GHOSH | 21,27020.45% | 80.5% |
| PANIHATI | CPMGOPALKRISHNA BHATTACHARYA | INCTAPAN CHATTOPADHYAY | 1,3981.28% | 75.4% |
| PANSKURA EAST | CPMSIBARAM BASU | INCRABINDRA BAG | 11,25512.64% | 79.8% |
| PANSKURA WEST | CPIOMAR ALI | INCASIT BARAN SAMANTA | 21,44225.23% | 77.5% |
| PARA | CPMGOBINDA BAURI | INCKASHINATH BAURI | 21,59925.57% | 69.8% |
| PATASPUR | CPIKAMAKSHYANANDAN DAS MAHAPATRA | INCPRADYOT KUMAR MAHANTI | 9,96011.16% | 84.0% |
| PATHARPRATIMA | CPMGUNADHAR MAITY | INCANANTA BERA | 4,4145.47% | 79.5% |
| PHANSIDEWA | CPMPRAKASH MINJ | INCISWAR CHANDRA TIRKY | 6,3415.84% | 64.5% |
| PINGLA | INDHARI PADA JANA | INCSUKUMAR DAS | 12,63814.35% | 83.2% |
| POLBA | CPMBROJO GOPAL NEOGY | INCTAPAN DAS GUPTA | 10,40811.12% | 84.8% |
| PURBASTHALI | CPMMANORANJAN NATH | INCMUKUL BHATTACHARJEE | 13,96315.29% | 76.7% |
| PURSURAH | CPMBUISHNUPADA BERA | INCSANTI ROY | 13,80415.33% | 83.7% |
| PURULIA | CPMMAMATA MUKHERJEE | INCSUKUMAR ROY | 5,5266.00% | 73.1% |
| RAGHUNATHPUR | CPMNATABAR BAGDI | INCGOPAL DAS | 11,90916.18% | 67.6% |
| RAIGANJ | CPMKHAGENDRA NATH SINHA | INCBARMAN DIPENDRA | 11,90712.19% | 72.4% |
| RAINA | CPMDHIRENDRANATH CHATTERJEE | INCUDAY SANKAR SAIN | 29,54132.75% | 73.7% |
| RAIPUR | CPMUPEN KISKU | INCBHABATOSH SAREN | 19,90021.29% | 75.4% |
| RAJARHAT | CPMRABINDAR NATH MANDAL | INCBISWANANDA NASKAR | 11,76910.75% | 78.9% |
| RAJGANJ | CPMDHIRENDRA NATH ROY | INCBIRENDRA DAS | 22,46422.41% | 68.7% |
| RAJNAGAR | FBLBIJOY BAGDI | INCANIL BOURI | 21,81626.11% | 68.6% |
| RAMNAGAR | CPMSUDHIR KUMAR GIRI | INCDUTTA HEMANTA | 16,02917.87% | 75.5% |
| RAMPURHAT | FBLSASANKA MONDAL | INCASISH BANERJEE | 7,7439.33% | 70.8% |
| RANAGHAT EAST | CPMBINAY KRISHNA BISWAS | INCRAMENDRA NATH BISWAS | 13,50013.85% | 75.3% |
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.
