Election
Constituency

502. Calcutta South

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-CALCUTTA-SOUTH

INC 52.5%won by 13.4%CPM 39.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 46.6% to 52.5% of the vote here (+5.9%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.6% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 67.2%.

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

Electorate
10,42,903
Turnout
67.2%
Valid votes
7,01,290
Margin
93,663
13.36%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+16.8%
INC share
46.6% 52.5%
CPM share
50.1% 39.1%
Turnout
71.7% 67.2%