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Constituency

179. Uttarpara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-UTTARPARA

CPM 46.2%won by 3.8%INC 42.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.9% to 3.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.7% between them, down from 98.7% — 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
1,25,589
Margin
4,737
3.77%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−3.1%
CPM share
52.8% 46.2%
INC share
45.9% 42.5%
Turnout