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18. Mal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-MAL

CPM 55.6%won by 19.9%INC 35.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.6% to 19.9%.

  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
92,371
Margin
18,383
19.90%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1JAGANNATH ORAONCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM51,35155.6%
  2. 2SHYAM BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC32,96835.7%
  3. 3SUKMAN TIRKEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,8286.3%
  4. 4SUBRATA ORAONIndependent · IND1,8982.1%
  5. 5SOMA URAONIndependent · IND3260.4%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−2.7%
CPM share
57.1% → 55.6%
INC share
34.4% → 35.7%
Turnout
— → —
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