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Constituency

115. Maheshtala

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-MAHESHTALA

CPM 50.1%won by 18.8%INC 31.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.8% to 18.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 98.1% — 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
1,05,148
Margin
19,819
18.85%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+6.1%
CPM share
55.4% 50.1%
INC share
42.7% 31.2%
Turnout