Constituency
117. Satgachia
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1987
WB-SATGACHIA
CPM 57.1%won by 17.7%INC 39.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.5% to 17.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
89,517
Margin
15,804
17.65%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1JYOTI BASUCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM51,13557.1%
- 2SARDAR AMJAD ALIIndian National Congress · INC35,33139.5%
- 3RANA SANTOSHIndependent · IND2,6673.0%
- 4ANIL HALDERIndependent · IND2690.3%
- 5SUSIL MAJIIndependent · IND1150.1%
Since 1982
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −18.9%
- CPM share
- 68.3% → 57.1%
- INC share
- 31.7% → 39.5%
- Turnout
- — → —