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Constituency

70. Palashipara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-PALASHIPARA

CPM 44.2%won by 9.3%INC 34.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.5% to 9.3%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.1% between them, down from 87.5% — 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
1,17,385
Margin
10,904
9.29%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−6.2%
CPM share
51.5% 44.2%
INC share
36.0% 34.9%
Turnout