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62. Hariharpara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-HARIHARPARA

CPM 43.2%won by 4.2%INC 39.0%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.7% to 4.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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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Valid votes
1,38,391
Margin
5,786
4.18%

Candidates

13 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1MOZAMMEL HAQUECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM59,80443.2%
  2. 2MANNAN HOSSAINIndian National Congress · INC54,01839.0%
  3. 3MADAN SARKARIndependent · IND14,29510.3%
  4. 4GOPAL LAL BANERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,0134.3%
  5. 5ABDUL BARIPBRML · PBRML1,8921.4%
  6. 6MARJAM HOSSAIN MONDALIndependent · IND6310.5%
  7. 7SK. SAYEMIndependent · IND5500.4%
  8. 8ANUP BISWASIndependent · IND2760.2%
  9. 9HAQUE SAMSULBahujan Samaj Party · BSP2750.2%
  10. 10RABIUL ISLAMMUL · MUL2490.2%
  11. 11ABDUL LATIB SK.Independent · IND1960.1%
  12. 12ANSARI MAIMUR HOSSAINIndependent · IND1440.1%
  13. 13MONDAL AFAJUDDINIndependent · IND480.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+2.5%
CPM share
39.1% → 43.2%
INC share
37.4% → 39.0%
Turnout
— → —
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