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28. Islampur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-ISLAMPUR

INC 43.9%won by 1.2%CPM 42.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.2% to 1.2%.

  • 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
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,14,528
Margin
1,395
1.22%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1CHOWDHURY ABDUL KARIMIndian National Congress · INC50,33443.9%
  2. 2MD. FARUQUE AZAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM48,93942.7%
  3. 3RANJAN HALDERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,82310.3%
  4. 4SUBAL SHARMACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,3411.2%
  5. 5NITYANANDA MANDALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8010.7%
  6. 6MD. AFJAL HUSSAINIndependent · IND4350.4%
  7. 7NILKAMAL MALLICKIndependent · IND3640.3%
  8. 8SOIBUR RAHMANMUL · MUL2990.3%
  9. 9AVIJIT DEYIndependent · IND1920.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−4.0%
INC share
45.5% → 43.9%
CPM share
40.2% → 42.7%
Turnout
— → —
27. Chopra29. Goalpokhar
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