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294. Murarai

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-MURARAI

INC 44.8%won by 5.2%CPM 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.0% to 5.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.4% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
94,464
Margin
4,959
5.25%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MOTAHAR HOSSAINIndian National Congress · INC42,34144.8%
  2. 2GURGA DAS GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM37,38239.6%
  3. 3JOYDEB DATTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,34312.0%
  4. 4RAFIQUL HASANIndependent · IND2,4472.6%
  5. 5SAKHAYET HOSSAINJanahitha Paksha · JP3810.4%
  6. 6AHMED BAZLEMUL · MUL3380.4%
  7. 7ALI AKBARIndependent · IND1580.2%
  8. 8ABDUL JALILIndependent · IND740.1%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
+4.3%
INC share
47.4% → 44.8%
CPM share
46.4% → 39.6%
Turnout
— → —
293. Nalhati
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