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Constituency

28. Islampur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-ISLAMPUR

INC 45.5%won by 5.2%CPM 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 5.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.7% between them, down from 96.7% — 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
97,278
Margin
5,103
5.25%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+6.5%
INC share
47.7% 45.5%
CPM share
49.0% 40.2%
Turnout