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Constituency

285. Labhpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-LABHPUR

CPM 58.2%won by 35.8%INC 22.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 35.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.6% between them, down from 97.4% — 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
96,067
Margin
34,413
35.82%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+14.3%
CPM share
59.5% 58.2%
INC share
37.9% 22.4%
Turnout