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521. Purulia

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-PURULIA

FBL 56.0%won by 20.5%INC 35.5%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 20.5%.

  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 75.8%.
  • 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
8,92,696
Turnout
75.8%
Valid votes
6,77,051
Margin
1,38,895
20.51%

Candidates

10 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1CHITTA RANJAN MAHATAFBL · FBL3,79,19156.0%
  2. 2SITARAM MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC2,40,29635.5%
  3. 3SURAJ NARAYAN MAHATOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM40,8766.0%
  4. 4DAMAN CHANDRA KUIRYAMB · AMB6,4541.0%
  5. 5MOHAN LAL CHOUBEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,2330.8%
  6. 6SARIT KUMAR CHAKRABARTYIndependent · IND2,1410.3%
  7. 7ISHAN CHANDRA KUMARWBSBM · WBSBM1,1260.2%
  8. 8SUKUMAR DASIndependent · IND7070.1%
  9. 9RADHA RAMAN GHOSHIndependent · IND6800.1%
  10. 10RAM SAMUJH YADAVDDP · DDP3470.1%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
+18.0%
FBL share
48.0% → 56.0%
INC share
45.5% → 35.5%
Turnout
72.2% → 75.8%
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