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Constituency

1. Mekliganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-MEKLIGANJ

FBL 32.4%won by 1.6%INC 30.9%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 1.6%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 81.6% — 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
1,26,413
Margin
1,983
1.57%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−17.5%
FBL share
50.3% 32.4%
INC share
31.3% 30.9%
Turnout