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37. Kumarganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KUMARGANJ

CPM 46.2%won by 11.2%INC 35.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.9% to 11.2%.

  • 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
1,35,898
Margin
15,210
11.19%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1ROY DWIJENDRA NATHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM62,81646.2%
  2. 2PARINITA SINGHA ROYIndian National Congress · INC47,60635.0%
  3. 3ANIL MISHRABharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,51713.6%
  4. 4DILIP KUMAR SORENIndependent · IND2,2621.7%
  5. 5BIDYUT GHOSHIndependent · IND1,5461.1%
  6. 6PRONOBESH CHOUDHURYIndependent · IND7710.6%
  7. 7DWIJENDRA NATH ROYIndependent · IND5290.4%
  8. 8BIBEKANANDA SARKARIndependent · IND5040.4%
  9. 9MD. AMZAD HOSSAINIndependent · IND3450.3%
  10. 10DINESH CHANDRA ROYIndependent · IND3270.2%
  11. 11MANIRUDDIN SARKARIndependent · IND2880.2%
  12. 12BISWARANJAN DASIndependent · IND2200.2%
  13. 13BAHETI SHIUNARAYANIndependent · IND1670.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−2.7%
CPM share
45.5% → 46.2%
INC share
31.6% → 35.0%
Turnout
— → —
36. Tapan38. Balurghat
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