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25. Siliguri

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-SILIGURI

CPM 48.3%won by 7.2%INC 41.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 7.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.4% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
1,48,050
Margin
10,633
7.18%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1ASOK BHATTACHARYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM71,51248.3%
  2. 2PRASANTA NANDYIndian National Congress · INC60,87941.1%
  3. 3GITA CHATTERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,0748.8%
  4. 4SRIDHAR MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND6780.5%
  5. 5SHIBANI MANDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6470.4%
  6. 6NARAYAN CHANDRA RAYIndependent · IND5580.4%
  7. 7KALICHARAN PANDIYAIndependent · IND3690.2%
  8. 8RNENDRA MUKHOPADHYAYIndependent · IND1840.1%
  9. 9ATUL CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND1490.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+2.0%
CPM share
51.1% → 48.3%
INC share
45.9% → 41.1%
Turnout
— → —
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