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West Bengal · PC 34 · 1991 by-election
PuruliaLok Sabha by-election result, 1991
B.Mahato (FBL) won Purulia in the 1991 Lok Sabha by-election with 56.6% of the vote, beating K.P.S.Deo (INC) by 1,33,736 votes.
Winner — 1991 by-election
B.MAHATO
All India Forward Bloc
FBL 56.6%INC 35.4%4 others 8.0%
Votes
3,56,604
56.6% share
Winning margin
1,33,736
21.2% of votes
Total votes cast
6,29,820
Candidates
6
Seat history
All Candidates
6 candidates| # | Candidate | Party | Votes · %Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.MAHATO  FBL | FBL | 3,56,60456.6% |
| 2 | K.P.S.DEO | 2,22,86835.4% | |
| 3 | A.P.MAHATA | 43,3006.9% | |
| 4 | G.P. SOREN IND | IND | 2,8630.5% |
| 5 | A.R.MAHATA IND | IND | 2,7230.4% |
| 6 | N.GOPE | 1,4620.2% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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21.2%
winning margin, share of votes
How many parties were really in the race?
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Essentially two
FBL and INC took 92% of the votes.
Effective number of parties: 2.22 — counts each party by its share of the vote.
How often does it back the winner?
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…How did the vote split?
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56.6%won by FBL
FBL 56.6%INC 35.4%JMM 6.9%Others 1.1%
This seat number was reused from 2009. The district and local data on file describe the seat as contested from 2009, so they are not shown for earlier elections.
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