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Constituency

272. Khandaghosh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-KHANDAGHOSH

CPM 64.9%won by 39.2%INC 25.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.4% to 39.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.7% 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
1,03,026
Margin
40,429
39.24%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+7.9%
CPM share
65.7% 64.9%
INC share
34.3% 25.7%
Turnout