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Constituency

3. Mathabhanga

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-MATHABHANGA

CPM 52.1%won by 14.1%INC 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.5% to 14.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 84.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,22,888
Margin
17,321
14.09%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−3.4%
CPM share
50.9% 52.1%
INC share
33.4% 38.0%
Turnout