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140. Cossipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

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CPM 46.8%won by 7.0%INC 39.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 7.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 97.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
65,778
Margin
4,622
7.03%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DIPAK CHANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM30,77546.8%
  2. 2PRAFULAL KANTI GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC26,15339.8%
  3. 3ASHIM KUMAR GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,70811.7%
  4. 4RANJIT MITTERJanahitha Paksha · JP5290.8%
  5. 5RAM PYARE DEVIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1210.2%
  6. 6BADRI NARAYAN SHAWIndependent · IND1170.2%
  7. 7SUDIN PASWANIndependent · IND960.1%
  8. 8SHATRAGHAN SINGHIndependent · IND740.1%
  9. 9RAM GANAM SINGHDDP · DDP700.1%
  10. 10NANDA LAL DASIndependent · IND450.1%
  11. 11BISWANATH RAMANIIndependent · IND440.1%
  12. 12BIPLAB SEN GUPTAIndependent · IND240.0%
  13. 13SWARUP CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND220.0%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+6.4%
CPM share
49.1% → 46.8%
INC share
48.4% → 39.8%
Turnout
— → —
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