Election
Constituency

240. Para

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

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CPM 63.6%won by 42.3%INC 21.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.6% to 42.3%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.0% between them, down from 91.8% — 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
98,031
Margin
41,422
42.25%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BILASI BALA SAHISCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM62,36563.6%
  2. 2DURGA DAS BAURIIndian National Congress · INC20,94321.4%
  3. 3MANGAL CHARAN MAJHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,6218.8%
  4. 4SAIDELEN BAURIIndependent · IND4,1654.2%
  5. 5HAZARI PRASAD TAJWARJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,3751.4%
  6. 6SAHADEB BAURIAMB · AMB3260.3%
  7. 7SADHNA DASIndependent · IND2360.2%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+16.7%
CPM share
58.7% → 63.6%
INC share
33.1% → 21.4%
Turnout
— → —
239. Purulia241. Raghunathpur
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