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164. Howrah South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-HOWRAH-SOUTH

CPM 44.2%won by 3.6%INC 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 3.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 98.6% — 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
82,264
Margin
2,950
3.59%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PRALAY TALUKDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM36,33144.2%
  2. 2MRIYUNJOY BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC33,38140.6%
  3. 3DEBABRATA CHAKRABORTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,45312.7%
  4. 4PAWAN KR. AGARWALJanahitha Paksha · JP4910.6%
  5. 5KESHOW RAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4640.6%
  6. 6NIRANJAN BISWASIndependent · IND2780.3%
  7. 7AJOY KR. PANDEYIndependent · IND2650.3%
  8. 8AMITAV HAZARAIndependent · IND2260.3%
  9. 9BHUNESHWAR CHOWDHURYWPI · WPI1430.2%
  10. 10RANJIT CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1220.1%
  11. 11RAM PARVESH SINGHIndependent · IND770.1%
  12. 12SOMESH BANERJEEIndependent · IND330.0%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+8.9%
CPM share
46.6% → 44.2%
INC share
52.0% → 40.6%
Turnout
— → —
163. Howrah Central165. Shibpur
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