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482. Jalpaiguri

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-JALPAIGURI

CPM 50.2%won by 15.7%INC 34.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 15.4% to 15.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.6% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,48,985
Turnout
76.5%
Valid votes
7,26,385
Margin
1,14,356
15.74%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+0.4%
CPM share
53.2% 50.2%
INC share
37.8% 34.4%
Turnout
77.9% 76.5%