Constituency
518. Burdwan
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-BURDWAN
CPM 57.0%won by 26.4%INC 30.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.3% to 26.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.7% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 79.3%.
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Electorate
10,61,300
Turnout
79.3%
Valid votes
8,41,439
Margin
2,21,892
26.37%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1SUDHIR RAYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM4,79,72157.0%
- 2ASIT BARAN PATRAIndian National Congress · INC2,57,82930.6%
- 3SATYEN ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP90,24210.7%
- 4SYED NAJIBUDDENJanahitha Paksha · JP4,5240.5%
- 5CHARAN HANSDAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM4,0230.5%
- 6BHASKAR ROY CHOWDHURYIndependent · IND3,1060.4%
- 7SAMBHUNATH RAJBHARDDP · DDP1,9940.2%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +3.1%
- CPM share
- 61.3% → 57.0%
- INC share
- 38.0% → 30.6%
- Turnout
- 82.0% → 79.3%