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521. Birbhum

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West Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991

IN-BIRBHUM

CPM 49.7%won by 24.2%INC 25.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.1% to 24.2%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
9,20,781
Turnout
73.0%
Valid votes
6,72,566
Margin
1,63,031
24.24%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1DOME RAMCHANDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM3,34,30749.7%
  2. 2SUBHENDU MONDALIndian National Congress · INC1,71,27625.5%
  3. 3BISWANATH MONDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,40,94421.0%
  4. 4ASIM SAHAIndependent · IND14,2822.1%
  5. 5ONKAR RABIDASDDP · DDP5,8160.9%
  6. 6DUKARI SAHAMUL · MUL3,7890.6%
  7. 7ASISH KUMAR SABAIndependent · IND2,1520.3%

Since 1989

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+15.1%
CPM share
50.9% → 49.7%
INC share
41.8% → 25.5%
Turnout
74.9% → 73.0%
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