Constituency
24. Kurseong
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1991
WB-KURSEONG
IND 55.1%won by 15.0%CPM 40.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 15.0%.
- IND vote shareIND went from 2.2% to 55.1% of the vote here (+52.9%).
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
91,646
Margin
13,782
15.04%
Candidates
5 contested · winner IND- 1NAR BAHADUR CHETTRIIndependent · IND50,48755.1%
- 2DAWA LAMACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,70540.1%
- 3RAJ GOPAL BHANDARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,2682.5%
- 4ASHOK GHATTANIIndependent · IND1,3221.4%
- 5SARAN DEWANIndependent · IND8640.9%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INDflipped
- IND–CPM swing
- +89.2%
- IND share
- 2.2% → 55.1%
- CPM share
- 76.4% → 40.1%
- Turnout
- — → —