1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election information
1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Jyoti Basu
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Party
CPI(M)
INC(I)
Alliance
LF
Leader since
1964
1987
Leader's seat
Satgachhia
Did not contest[a]
Last election
38.49%, 174 seats
35.73%, 49 seats
Seats won
187
40
Seat change
13
9
Popular vote
10,327,984
10,989,520
Percentage
39.30%
41.81%
Swing
0.89 pp
6.08 pp
Chief Minister before election
Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)
Elected Chief Minister
Jyoti Basu
CPI(M)
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1987. The election was mainly a clash between the Left Front led by Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and the Indian National Congress(I) led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The former held the state government and the latter the national government. The election was won by the Left Front, for the third time in a row.
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