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498. Barrackpore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BARRACKPORE

CPM 47.6%won by 8.8%INC 38.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.1% to 8.8%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.3% between them, down from 96.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.2% to 73.2%.

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

Electorate
9,30,330
Turnout
73.2%
Valid votes
6,81,254
Margin
59,852
8.79%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1TARIT BARBAN TOPDARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,24,02547.6%
  2. 2DEVI GHOSHALIndian National Congress · INC2,64,17338.8%
  3. 3SUSHIL KUMAR SANYALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP72,88210.7%
  4. 4PARIMAL KANTI RAYBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,7080.8%
  5. 5SANAT DATTAIndependent · IND2,7250.4%
  6. 6RAMJEET RAMJanahitha Paksha · JP2,4830.4%
  7. 7SIRAJI GHOSHIndependent · IND1,9640.3%
  8. 8DIPAK CHANDRA BOSEIndependent · IND1,6150.2%
  9. 9RAM SHANKER PANDEYIndependent · IND1,4690.2%
  10. 10PARAMANAND GOURDDP · DDP1,4430.2%
  11. 11PARANESWAR MONDALIndependent · IND1,3570.2%
  12. 12SATYA NARAIYAN SARKARIndependent · IND8740.1%
  13. 13SUNIL KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND5360.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+3.6%
CPM share
50.6% → 47.6%
INC share
45.4% → 38.8%
Turnout
78.4% → 73.2%
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