Election
Constituency

197. Ghatal

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-GHATAL

CPM 55.0%won by 13.8%INC 41.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.1% to 13.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,07,127
Margin
14,836
13.85%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−11.2%
CPM share
62.0% 55.0%
INC share
36.9% 41.2%
Turnout