Election
Constituency

485. Balurghat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BALURGHAT

RSP 45.3%won by 11.0%INC 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya 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%.

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

Electorate
9,68,371
Turnout
80.5%
Valid votes
7,79,166
Margin
86,081
11.05%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSPINC swing
+6.8%
RSP share
49.4% 45.3%
INC share
45.2% 34.3%
Turnout
82.8% 80.5%