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Constituency

266. Kanksa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-KANKSA

CPM 63.7%won by 39.2%INC 24.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.0% to 39.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.3% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
1,03,260
Margin
40,495
39.22%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+8.2%
CPM share
65.5% 63.7%
INC share
34.5% 24.5%
Turnout