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Constituency

47. Manikchak

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-MANIKCHAK

CPM 47.7%won by 7.2%INC 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.8% to 7.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% between them, down from 97.1% — 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
82,718
Margin
5,938
7.18%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−7.6%
CPM share
55.9% 47.7%
INC share
41.2% 40.5%
Turnout