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Constituency

220. Garhbeta East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-GARHBETA-EAST

CPM 62.5%won by 35.3%INC 27.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.8% to 35.3%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.7% between them, down from 99.6% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
96,445
Margin
34,020
35.27%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+21.5%
CPM share
56.7% 62.5%
INC share
42.9% 27.2%
Turnout