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Constituency

73. Chapra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-CHAPRA

CPM 48.9%won by 25.0%INC 23.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.7% to 25.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 96.2% — 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
1,10,754
Margin
27,696
25.01%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+8.3%
CPM share
56.5% 48.9%
INC share
39.7% 23.9%
Turnout