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36. Tapan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-TAPAN

RSP 53.9%won by 21.0%INC 32.9%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 21.3% to 21.0%.

  • 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
1,20,827
Margin
25,397
21.02%

Candidates

7 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1KHARA SORENRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP65,14253.9%
  2. 2LAKSHMI RAM HEMBRAMIndian National Congress · INC39,74532.9%
  3. 3PANCHALI ORAONBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,59410.4%
  4. 4SOM NATH HANSDAIndependent · IND1,5911.3%
  5. 5SUKUMAR EKKAIndependent · IND8120.7%
  6. 6NALIN MURMUIndependent · IND5650.5%
  7. 7BAHARMANI HEMBRAMIndependent · IND3780.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−0.3%
RSP share
51.7% → 53.9%
INC share
30.4% → 32.9%
Turnout
— → —
35. Gangarampur37. Kumarganj
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