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26. Phansidewa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-PHANSIDEWA

CPM 50.8%won by 10.9%INC 39.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.2% to 10.9%.

  • 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
1,69,029
Margin
18,406
10.89%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PROKASH MINJCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM85,84550.8%
  2. 2CHHABILAL MINJIndian National Congress · INC67,43939.9%
  3. 3RATAN KUMAR HANSDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,5595.7%
  4. 4RAMGANESH CHIK BARAIKIndependent · IND3,9362.3%
  5. 5RADHA MUNDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3790.8%
  6. 6RENGTA MURMU (LALU)Cpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL5920.4%
  7. 7EKKA SAMARENDRA (PINTU)Independent · IND2790.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+3.7%
CPM share
47.0% → 50.8%
INC share
39.8% → 39.9%
Turnout
— → —
25. Siliguri27. Chopra
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