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Constituency

4. Bussy

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Puducherry Assembly Election, 1996

PY-BUSSY

INC 46.3%won by 17.4%CPI 28.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.9% to 17.4%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 97.7% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
4,773
Margin
830
17.39%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPI swing
−41.4%
INC share
58.8% 46.3%
CPI share
0.0% 28.9%
Turnout