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Constituency

113. Behala West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-BEHALA-WEST

CPM 47.2%won by 6.7%INC 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.4% to 6.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.7% between them, down from 98.7% — 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
1,45,123
Margin
9,717
6.70%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−4.7%
CPM share
55.1% 47.2%
INC share
43.6% 40.5%
Turnout