Election
Constituency

510. Contai

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-CONTAI

CPM 47.2%won by 3.4%INC 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 3.8% to 3.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.1% between them, down from 99.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 3.3% to 78.7%.

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

Electorate
8,70,090
Turnout
78.7%
Valid votes
6,84,746
Margin
23,116
3.38%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−0.5%
CPM share
51.7% 47.2%
INC share
47.9% 43.9%
Turnout
82.0% 78.7%