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Constituency

188. Balagarh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-BALAGARH

CPM 50.2%won by 15.4%INC 34.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.9% to 15.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.0% between them, down from 99.4% — 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
1,10,103
Margin
16,979
15.42%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−2.5%
CPM share
58.6% 50.2%
INC share
40.8% 34.8%
Turnout