Constituency
196. Chandrakona
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1991
WB-CHANDRAKONA
CPM 56.8%won by 20.6%UCPI 36.2%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.7% to 20.6%.
- New challengerUCPI (UCPI) finished second with 36.2% — it did not contest here in 1987.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.0% 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,12,683
Margin
23,172
20.56%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1UMAPATI CHAKRABORTTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM63,97856.8%
- 2SATYA BOSALUCPI · UCPI40,80636.2%
- 3JAGAN NATH DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,5905.8%
- 4PANCHANON SIGNHAINCO · INCO5390.5%
- 5BANGSHI BADAN BANKIndependent · IND4580.4%
- 6MOHIMA RANJAN SANTRAIndependent · IND3120.3%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–UCPI swing
- −37.0%
- CPM share
- 57.5% → 56.8%
- UCPI share
- 0.0% → 36.2%
- Turnout
- — → —