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Constituency

518. Burdwan

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BURDWAN

CPM 57.0%won by 26.4%INC 30.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist 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%.

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

Electorate
10,61,300
Turnout
79.3%
Valid votes
8,41,439
Margin
2,21,892
26.37%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+3.1%
CPM share
61.3% 57.0%
INC share
38.0% 30.6%
Turnout
82.0% 79.3%