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Constituency

37. Kumarganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-KUMARGANJ

CPM 45.5%won by 13.9%INC 31.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.3% to 13.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.1% between them, down from 94.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,18,665
Margin
16,445
13.86%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+4.5%
CPM share
52.0% 45.5%
INC share
42.7% 31.6%
Turnout