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Constituency

503. Howrah

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-HOWRAH

CPM 44.7%won by 0.9%INC 43.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 0.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.5% between them, down from 97.1% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 67.5%.

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

Electorate
11,66,213
Turnout
67.5%
Valid votes
7,86,793
Margin
7,380
0.94%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+0.8%
CPM share
48.6% 44.7%
INC share
48.5% 43.8%
Turnout
72.4% 67.5%