Election
Constituency

254. Kotulpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-KOTULPUR

CPM 61.6%won by 32.6%INC 29.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.2% to 32.6%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.6% between them, down from 99.1% — 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
1,14,562
Margin
37,358
32.61%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+9.4%
CPM share
61.1% 61.6%
INC share
38.0% 29.0%
Turnout