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Constituency

493. Basirhat

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BASIRHAT

CPI 47.0%won by 9.4%INC 37.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.7% to 9.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.6% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 82.8%.

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

Electorate
9,19,022
Turnout
82.8%
Valid votes
7,60,922
Margin
71,642
9.42%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPIINC swing
+6.7%
CPI share
50.3% 47.0%
INC share
47.6% 37.6%
Turnout
85.2% 82.8%