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Constituency

256. Sonamukhi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-SONAMUKHI

CPM 54.9%won by 22.8%INC 32.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.5% to 22.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
96,779
Margin
22,024
22.76%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+5.2%
CPM share
58.8% 54.9%
INC share
41.2% 32.2%
Turnout