Election
Constituency

493. Balurghat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-BALURGHAT

RSP 49.4%won by 4.3%INC 45.2%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 4.3%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 82.8%.
  • 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
9,48,682
Turnout
82.8%
Valid votes
7,85,273
Margin
33,526
4.27%

Candidates

4 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1PALAS BARMANRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP3,88,10349.4%
  2. 2SATYENDRA NATH ROYIndian National Congress · INC3,54,57745.2%
  3. 3NRIPENDRA BARMANBharatiya Janata Party · BJP39,4125.0%
  4. 4BHAGIRATH BARMANAMB · AMB3,1810.4%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
+0.7%
RSP share
51.4% → 49.4%
INC share
47.8% → 45.2%
Turnout
80.2% → 82.8%
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