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259. Hirapur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-HIRAPUR

JD 34.5%won by 1.7%INC 32.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 1.7%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 34.5% of the vote here (+34.5%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 96.0% — the field split more ways.

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
87,647
Margin
1,525
1.74%

Candidates

11 contested · winner JD
  1. 1MUMTAZ HASSANJanata Dal · JD30,20934.5%
  2. 2SUHRID BASU MALLICKIndian National Congress · INC28,68432.7%
  3. 3PRADIP MAJUMDARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,61729.2%
  4. 4SUSANTA THAKURIndependent · IND8551.0%
  5. 5BIJOY KUMAR SHARMAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM7860.9%
  6. 6JOYDEB SAMAMB · AMB5780.7%
  7. 7MIRA GARAIIndependent · IND3820.4%
  8. 8SUDHESWAR RAJBHARDDP · DDP2260.3%
  9. 9NIRMAL MALIKIndependent · IND1470.2%
  10. 10BHAGABAT KUMAR BANIKIndependent · IND1020.1%
  11. 11JAY SHANKAR CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND610.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–INC swing
+53.1%
JD share
0.0% → 34.5%
INC share
51.4% → 32.7%
Turnout
— → —
258. Barabani260. Asansol
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