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Constituency

505. Serampore

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-SERAMPORE

CPM 46.2%won by 5.6%INC 40.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.3% to 5.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.8% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.8% to 70.8%.

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

Electorate
11,21,057
Turnout
70.8%
Valid votes
7,93,238
Margin
44,497
5.61%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−2.6%
CPM share
53.0% 46.2%
INC share
44.8% 40.6%
Turnout
75.5% 70.8%