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Constituency

492. Barasat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BARASAT

FBL 43.6%won by 5.1%INC 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 5.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 81.7%.

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

Electorate
10,75,164
Turnout
81.7%
Valid votes
8,78,279
Margin
44,421
5.06%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−1.2%
FBL share
50.5% 43.6%
INC share
44.3% 38.5%
Turnout
84.6% 81.7%