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Constituency

169. Sankrail

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-SANKRAIL

CPM 44.3%won by 3.4%INC 40.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.5% to 3.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
1,16,096
Margin
3,916
3.37%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−5.1%
CPM share
54.2% 44.3%
INC share
45.8% 40.9%
Turnout