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243. Hura

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-HURA

CPM 56.1%won by 28.3%INC 27.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.2% to 28.3%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% between them, down from 92.6% — 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
91,709
Margin
25,972
28.32%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1AMBARISH MUKHOPADHYAYACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM51,41156.1%
  2. 2MADAN MOHAN MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC25,43927.7%
  3. 3BAGHAMBAR MAHATOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM8,6219.4%
  4. 4PRASHANTA KISHORE LAL SINGH DEOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,6122.8%
  5. 5PARIKSHIT MAHATAIndependent · IND1,8862.1%
  6. 6DUKHU MAJHIIndependent · IND1,0421.1%
  7. 7BHIKSHYAKAR MAHATOAMB · AMB3630.4%
  8. 8PRAFULLA KUMAR MAHATOIndependent · IND2710.3%
  9. 9SAKTI PADA MUKHOPADHYAYIndependent · IND640.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+16.1%
CPM share
52.4% → 56.1%
INC share
40.2% → 27.7%
Turnout
— → —
242. Kashipur244. Taldangra
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