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293. Nalhati

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-NALHATI

FBL 44.5%won by 25.4%BJP 19.2%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.7% to 25.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 19.2% — it did not contest here in 1987.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 94.3% — 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
77,972
Margin
19,777
25.36%

Candidates

9 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1SATTICK KUMAR RAYFBL · FBL34,71044.5%
  2. 2MADAN MOHAN MANDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,93319.2%
  3. 3MD. SHARIF HOSSAINIndependent · IND12,74416.3%
  4. 4AMAR KUMAR SINHAIndian National Congress · INC8,89411.4%
  5. 5AHMD MOHIUDDINIndependent · IND2,6093.3%
  6. 6TAIYEBAR RAHAMANMUL · MUL1,5752.0%
  7. 7MOULANA ESMAIL HAQUEIndependent · IND1,3771.8%
  8. 8SYED SHAH JAFAR ALIJanahitha Paksha · JP8271.1%
  9. 9SUDHIR KUMAR PALIndependent · IND3030.4%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–BJP swing
−27.1%
FBL share
52.5% → 44.5%
BJP share
0.0% → 19.2%
Turnout
— → —
292. Hansan294. Murarai
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