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Constituency

506. Hooghly

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-HOOGHLY

CPM 49.0%won by 7.1%INC 41.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.8% to 7.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.9% between them, down from 98.3% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 78.0%.

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

Electorate
10,02,466
Turnout
78.0%
Valid votes
7,82,176
Margin
55,659
7.12%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−1.7%
CPM share
53.6% 49.0%
INC share
44.8% 41.9%
Turnout
82.2% 78.0%