Constituency
485. Balurghat
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-BALURGHAT
RSP 45.3%won by 11.0%INC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedRashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 11.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 80.5%.
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Electorate
9,68,371
Turnout
80.5%
Valid votes
7,79,166
Margin
86,081
11.05%
Candidates
6 contested · winner RSP- 1PALAS BARMANRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP3,53,15945.3%
- 2RASENDRA NATH BARMANIndian National Congress · INC2,67,07834.3%
- 3MONOMOHAN ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,47,54418.9%
- 4GOUR BARMANIndependent · IND5,3430.7%
- 5JAITINDRAN MOHAN RAYJanahitha Paksha · JP4,0870.5%
- 6CHATTARANJAN BARMANIndependent · IND1,9550.3%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- RSP
- Winner now
- RSP
- RSP–INC swing
- +6.8%
- RSP share
- 49.4% → 45.3%
- INC share
- 45.2% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- 82.8% → 80.5%