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Constituency

81. Ranaghat West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-RANAGHAT-WEST

CPM 42.6%won by 2.5%INC 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.8% to 2.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.8% between them, down from 98.5% — 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
1,24,714
Margin
3,100
2.49%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−6.4%
CPM share
53.7% 42.6%
INC share
44.8% 40.2%
Turnout