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Constituency

27. Chopra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-CHOPRA

CPM 48.8%won by 2.9%INC 45.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 2.9%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.7% of the vote between them, up from 87.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
1,16,685
Margin
3,392
2.91%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MAHAMUDDINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM56,95248.8%
  2. 2HAMIDUL RAHAMANIndian National Congress · INC53,56045.9%
  3. 3PRASANTA DUTTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0653.5%
  4. 4MANSUR ALAMIndependent · IND1,6021.4%
  5. 5MD. FARUQUE AZAMIndependent · IND3360.3%
  6. 6ALMOHAN SINGHAIndependent · IND1700.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−9.3%
CPM share
50.0% → 48.8%
INC share
37.8% → 45.9%
Turnout
— → —
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