Constituency
501. Calcutta North East
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-EAST
INC 49.5%won by 12.8%JD 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 12.8%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 1989.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.2% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.2% to 65.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,58,170
Turnout
65.0%
Valid votes
5,58,121
Margin
71,456
12.80%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1AJIT KUMAR PANJAIndian National Congress · INC2,76,39949.5%
- 2PRATAP CHANDRAJanata Dal · JD2,04,94336.7%
- 3DIBAKAR KUNDUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP55,0649.9%
- 4HRISHIKASH DUBEYJanahitha Paksha · JP7,3601.3%
- 5SUKUMAR BISWASIndependent · IND5,0740.9%
- 6ANIMA BASU (W)Bharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS3,6240.6%
- 7ANATH TARAN BHOSALHSS · HSS1,7920.3%
- 8AJIT CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND1,0500.2%
- 9MADHAB UPADHYAYIndependent · IND6530.1%
- 10BARUN GOSWAMIIndependent · IND4890.1%
- 11GOPICHAND PRASADIndependent · IND4870.1%
- 12HIJAL PRAKASH CHATTERJEEHMS · HMS4550.1%
- 13CHHEDI LAL JALANDDP · DDP2740.0%
- 14TAPAN KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND2690.0%
- 15ACHINTA JANAIndependent · IND1880.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −38.8%
- INC share
- 51.6% → 49.5%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 71.2% → 65.0%