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Constituency

157. Vidyasagar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-VIDYASAGAR

CPM 50.0%won by 8.8%INC 41.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.8% to 8.8%.

  • 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
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
72,902
Margin
6,418
8.80%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1LAKSHMI KANTA DEYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,43750.0%
  2. 2TAPAS ROYIndian National Congress · INC30,01941.2%
  3. 3SANTI NATH GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,1538.4%
  4. 4UTTAM GHOSHIndependent · IND2090.3%
  5. 5TUSAR BHOWMIKIndependent · IND840.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+1.0%
CPM share
51.4% → 50.0%
INC share
43.7% → 41.2%
Turnout
— → —
156. Sealdah158. Burtola
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