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490. Krishnagar

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-KRISHNAGAR

CPM 43.3%won by 8.0%INC 35.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.2% to 8.0%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.7% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
9,28,523
Turnout
80.7%
Valid votes
7,48,937
Margin
59,575
7.95%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1AJOY MUKHOPADHYAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,24,50843.3%
  2. 2JYOTIRMOY BHATTACHARJEE (NITU)Indian National Congress · INC2,64,93335.4%
  3. 3SANTI KUSUM DATTA (CHUNILAL)Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,21,62416.2%
  4. 4ARIJIT MITRAIPF · IPF15,5872.1%
  5. 5ASIT SINHAIndependent · IND13,5091.8%
  6. 6GOPEN LAHIRYJanahitha Paksha · JP3,5530.5%
  7. 7SRIMANTA MAJUMDARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,6620.4%
  8. 8SHYAMAL SAHAHMS · HMS1,4850.2%
  9. 9SWAPAN ADHIKARYIndependent · IND5790.1%
  10. 10DHIRENDRA NATH SARKARIndependent · IND4970.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+5.8%
CPM share
46.3% → 43.3%
INC share
44.1% → 35.4%
Turnout
80.9% → 80.7%
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