Constituency
221. Garhbeta West
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1991
WB-GARHBETA-WEST
CPM 60.5%won by 26.6%INC 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.6% to 26.6%.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
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
1,00,268
Margin
26,667
26.60%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPM- 1DULEY KRISHNA PRASADCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM60,63360.5%
- 2KINKAR RUIDASIndian National Congress · INC33,96633.9%
- 3SAKTI PADA MALIndependent · IND3,3933.4%
- 4BANSHI CHALAKIndependent · IND1,5561.6%
- 5SUBAL RAJAKAMB · AMB7200.7%
Since 1987
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +9.0%
- CPM share
- 57.6% → 60.5%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- — → —