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Constituency

271. Burdwan South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-BURDWAN-SOUTH

CPM 46.8%won by 9.8%INC 36.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.7% to 9.8%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.7% between them, down from 96.5% — 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
1,36,345
Margin
13,425
9.85%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−0.8%
CPM share
53.6% 46.8%
INC share
42.9% 36.9%
Turnout