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Constituency

65. Kandi

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KANDI

INC 49.1%won by 4.6%CPI 44.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.9% to 4.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.6% of the vote between them, up from 86.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,33,384
Margin
6,136
4.60%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ATISH CHANDRA SINHAIndian National Congress · INC65,49049.1%
  2. 2SYED WAHED REJACommunist Party of India · CPI59,35444.5%
  3. 3PRABAL KANTI SINGHAROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,9433.7%
  4. 4UJJAL DUBEYIndependent · IND1,8251.4%
  5. 5TARACHAND SAIKHIndependent · IND6690.5%
  6. 6MANAWAR HOSSAINIndependent · IND6010.5%
  7. 7BALARAM BARALIndependent · IND2670.2%
  8. 8PROBODH GHOSHIndependent · IND2350.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+3.7%
INC share
43.7% → 49.1%
CPI share
42.8% → 44.5%
Turnout
— → —
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