Election
Constituency

516. Durgapur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-DURGAPUR

CPM 55.3%won by 24.6%INC 30.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.8% to 24.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.1% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 72.0%.

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

Electorate
10,41,160
Turnout
72.0%
Valid votes
7,49,796
Margin
1,84,616
24.62%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−12.2%
CPM share
65.7% 55.3%
INC share
28.9% 30.7%
Turnout
69.9% 72.0%