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Constituency

21. Rajganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-RAJGANJ

CPM 52.6%won by 20.2%INC 32.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.5% to 20.2%.

  • 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
1,88,434
Margin
37,974
20.15%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1JATINDRA NATH ROYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM99,05352.6%
  2. 2AJIT KUMAR RAYIndian National Congress · INC61,07932.4%
  3. 3JAGENDRA NATH ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP22,77912.1%
  4. 4KALI CHARAN ROYIndependent · IND1,8861.0%
  5. 5SANATI KUMAR SARKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,2110.6%
  6. 6KSHUDIRAM BARMANIndependent · IND1,1700.6%
  7. 7KSHITISH SAHAFBS · FBS8550.5%
  8. 8HARENDRA NATH ROYAMB · AMB4010.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+2.6%
CPM share
48.9% → 52.6%
INC share
31.4% → 32.4%
Turnout
— → —
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