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Constituency

142. Jorabagan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-JORABAGAN

INC 46.8%won by 13.2%BJP 33.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.9% to 13.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.3% between them, down from 87.5% — 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
56,692
Margin
7,491
13.21%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−28.2%
INC share
52.7% 46.8%
BJP share
11.3% 33.5%
Turnout