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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

294 seats · 56 changed party since 1987

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Party standings

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 189 seatsIndian National Congress — 43 seatsFBL — 29 seatsRashtriya Sarvajan Party — 18 seatsIndependent — 6 seatsCommunist Party of India — 5 seatsJanata Dal — 1 seat3 other parties — 3 seats148294of 294 seats
  • CPM189
  • INC43
  • FBL29
  • RSP18
  • IND6
  • CPI5
  • JD1
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)18964%1,14,18,82236.9%213
INCIndian National Congress4315%1,08,75,83435.1%284
FBLFBL2910%17,07,6765.5%34
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party186%10,73,4453.5%23
INDIndependent62%9,31,1153.0%636
CPICommunist Party of India52%4,77,7371.5%11
JDJanata Dal10%2,09,3880.7%9
JKPJan Kalyan Party10%1,01,3030.3%5
DSPPCDSPPC10%51,4020.2%1
RCPIRBRCPIRB10%37,8780.1%1
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%35,13,12111.3%291

+ 25 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991 · winner by seat

294 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 148

1991 · selected
Majority 148
CPM189INC43FBL29RSP18IND6CPI5JD1JKP1DSPPC1RCPIRB1
1987 · previous
Majority 148

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1987 → 1991

1987 1991· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
39.3
36.9
41.8
35.1
5.8
5.5
3.9
3.5
4.9
3.0
0.5
11.3
CPMINCFBLRSPINDBJP

Seat change

1991 seats minus 1987 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
187 → 189
+2
INC
40 → 43
+3
FBL
26 → 29
+3
RSP
18 → 18
0
IND
9 → 6
−3
CPI
11 → 5
−6
JD
0 → 1
+1
JKP
0 → 1
+1
DSPPC
0 → 1
+1
RCPIRB
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1987 → 1991

share lostshare gained
BJP
0.5% → 11.3%
+10.8%
JD
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
JKP
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
JMM
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
FBL
5.8% → 5.5%
−0.3%
CPI
1.9% → 1.5%
−0.4%
RSP
3.9% → 3.5%
−0.5%
MUL
0.6% → 0.1%
−0.5%
SUC
0.9% → 0.0%
−0.9%
IND
4.9% → 3.0%
−1.9%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1987 → 1991. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Darjeeling
−83.7%
Dantan
+77.5%
Jamalpur
+69.9%
Bhagabangola
+60.0%
Mugberia
+56.8%
Narghat
+56.2%
Keshpur
+53.4%
Contai North
−51.5%
Khajuri
+50.6%
Egra
+48.2%
Kultali
+45.9%
Dhakuria
+42.8%

Closest races · 1991

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1991

294 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1987