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Constituency

50. Farakka

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-FARAKKA

CPM 38.6%won by 6.1%INC 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.3% to 6.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 76.4% — 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
95,787
Margin
5,880
6.14%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−5.2%
CPM share
43.8% 38.6%
INC share
32.5% 32.4%
Turnout