Election
Constituency

501. Calcutta North East

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-CALCUTTA-NORTH-EAST

INC 49.5%won by 12.8%JD 36.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJD swing
−38.8%
INC share
51.6% 49.5%
JD share
0.0% 36.7%
Turnout
71.2% 65.0%