Election
Constituency

9. Tufanganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-TUFANGANJ

CPM 54.5%won by 30.6%INC 23.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 30.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.4% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,04,671
Margin
32,040
30.61%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+15.4%
CPM share
56.9% 54.5%
INC share
41.6% 23.9%
Turnout