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Constituency

95. Basirhat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-BASIRHAT

CPM 40.0%won by 1.9%INC 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.8% to 1.9%.

  • 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 78.1% between them, down from 87.8% — 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
1,23,039
Margin
2,283
1.86%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−5.0%
CPM share
47.3% 40.0%
INC share
40.5% 38.1%
Turnout