Election
Constituency

158. Burtola

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-BURTOLA

INC 56.6%won by 28.9%RSP 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 28.9%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.4% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
71,098
Margin
20,573
28.94%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCRSP swing
+7.4%
INC share
59.3% 56.6%
RSP share
37.8% 27.7%
Turnout