Constituency
101. Basanti
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1991
WB-BASANTI
RSP 50.0%won by 21.7%INC 28.3%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.0% to 21.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.4% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,06,858
Margin
23,185
21.70%
Candidates
5 contested · winner RSP- 1SUBHAS NASKARRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP53,47050.0%
- 2BIPIN BEHARI SARDARIndian National Congress · INC30,28528.3%
- 3NARAYAN MALLICKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,40214.4%
- 4DIPAK MRIDHAIndependent · IND6,5256.1%
- 5BAIDYANATH BARIndependent · IND1,1761.1%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–INC swing
- +8.7%
- RSP share
- 55.3% → 50.0%
- INC share
- 42.3% → 28.3%
- Turnout
- — → —