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63. Berhampore

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BERHAMPORE

INC 49.9%won by 11.8%RSP 38.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 11.8%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.0% of the vote between them, up from 75.3% — 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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not in source
Valid votes
1,63,272
Margin
19,293
11.82%

Candidates

10 contested · winner INC
  1. 1MAYA RANI PAULIndian National Congress · INC81,45249.9%
  2. 2BISWANATH BANERJEERashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP62,15938.1%
  3. 3PRANAB BANERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,20810.5%
  4. 4SARIFUL BISWASPBRML · PBRML8410.5%
  5. 5KALYANAKSHA GHOSHIndependent · IND2880.2%
  6. 6SUBRATA CHAKRABORTIIndependent · IND2870.2%
  7. 7TARUN KUMAR GHOSHIndependent · IND2860.2%
  8. 8KANAN KUMAR SAHAIndependent · IND2610.2%
  9. 9ALOK JYOTI MANDALIndependent · IND2470.2%
  10. 10SUNIT KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND2430.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–RSP swing
−0.7%
INC share
43.9% → 49.9%
RSP share
31.4% → 38.1%
Turnout
— → —
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