Constituency
142. Jorabagan
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1991
WB-JORABAGAN
INC 46.8%won by 13.2%BJP 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
56,692
Margin
7,491
13.21%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SUBRATA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC26,50846.8%
- 2SHANTI LAL JAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP19,01733.5%
- 3SUREKHA SHYAM SUNDERJanata Dal · JD10,81819.1%
- 4GANADEB BALLICKINCO · INCO1100.2%
- 5RAJENDRA PRASAD SEWAKDDP · DDP770.1%
- 6KALWANI KANAILALIndependent · IND600.1%
- 7SHRAWAN KUMAR SUREKAIndependent · IND530.1%
- 8ANIL KUMAR BAJAJIndependent · IND490.1%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −28.2%
- INC share
- 52.7% → 46.8%
- BJP share
- 11.3% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —