Election
Constituency

20. Jalpaiguri

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-JALPAIGURI

INC 43.9%won by 3.3%FBL 40.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 3.3%.

  • 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,10,823
Margin
3,708
3.35%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ANUPAM SENIndian National Congress · INC48,59743.9%
  2. 2SUDHANSU MAJUMDERFBL · FBL44,88940.5%
  3. 3RABINDRA NARAYAN CHOWDHURYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,8946.2%
  4. 4MUKULESH CHANDRA SANYALFBS · FBS5,4334.9%
  5. 5KSHITISH CHANDRA MANDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,1401.9%
  6. 6SUBARATA DATTA GUPTAIndependent · IND1,1181.0%
  7. 7SANKAR DASCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL9370.8%
  8. 8AMIT MOITRAIndependent · IND5330.5%
  9. 9TIRTHA DEB ROYIndependent · IND2820.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–FBL swing
+1.3%
INC share
43.9% → 43.9%
FBL share
41.9% → 40.5%
Turnout
— → —
19. Kranti21. Rajganj
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