Constituency
105. Canning West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1991
WB-CANNING-WEST
CPM 47.0%won by 11.6%INC 35.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 11.6%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% between them, down from 90.7% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,16,209
Margin
13,487
11.61%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1BIMAL MISTRYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM54,62447.0%
- 2GOBINDA CHANDRA NASKARIndian National Congress · INC41,13735.4%
- 3CHANDRA KANTA ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,2778.8%
- 4RANJIT BAYENIndependent · IND9,3548.0%
- 5JAYAL GAYENIndependent · IND4330.4%
- 6NIMAI MIRDHAAMB · AMB3840.3%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +12.1%
- CPM share
- 45.1% → 47.0%
- INC share
- 45.6% → 35.4%
- Turnout
- — → —