Who won Kailasahar in the 1988 Assembly election?

BIRAJIT SINHA of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Kailasahar in the 1988 Assembly election with 9,519 votes (50.9% vote share), a margin of 739 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

53. Kailasahar

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Tripura Assembly Election, 1988

TR-KAILASAHAR

INC 50.9%won by 4.0%CPM 46.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 3.9% to 4.0%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

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not in source

Turnout

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not in source

Valid votes

18,707

Margin

739

3.95%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC

1BIRAJIT SINHA Indian National Congress · INC9,51950.9%
2TAPAN CHAKRABARTI Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM8,78046.9%
3BIDHAN DAS Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP2681.4%
4SAMSUDDIN AHAMED Janata Party · JNP910.5%
5JAJNESWAR DASH Independent · IND490.3%

Since 1983

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–CPM swing: +0.0%
INC share: 50.8% → 50.9%
CPM share: 46.9% → 46.9%
Turnout: — → —

52. Chandipur 54. Kurti

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