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520. Bolpur

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BOLPUR

CPM 56.6%won by 32.5%IND 24.1%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.4% to 32.5%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.1% — it polled just 1.2% in 1989.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.7% between them, down from 97.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 2.4% to 75.3%.

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

Electorate
9,25,057
Turnout
75.3%
Valid votes
6,96,497
Margin
2,26,624
32.54%

Candidates

10 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1CHATTERJEE SOMNATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,94,49656.6%
  2. 2JIVAN MUKHOPADHYAYIndependent · IND1,67,87224.1%
  3. 3TARA PRASANNA SINGHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,17,39416.9%
  4. 4ALOKE MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND7,5771.1%
  5. 5SAILENDRA NATH MAJUMDERBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,6540.4%
  6. 6SHYMALI GHOSH (W)Janahitha Paksha · JP2,3920.3%
  7. 7SUNIL KUMAR MITRAIndependent · IND2,1490.3%
  8. 8MAHARAJ MISTRYDDP · DDP9200.1%
  9. 9MANOHAR MARMUIndependent · IND6150.1%
  10. 10ABU TAHIR MIRZAIndependent · IND4280.1%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–IND swing
−26.7%
CPM share
60.4% → 56.6%
IND share
1.2% → 24.1%
Turnout
77.7% → 75.3%
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