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67. Barwan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BARWAN

RSP 50.6%won by 8.7%INC 41.9%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.2% to 8.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,17,731
Margin
10,202
8.67%

Candidates

6 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1DEBABRATA BANERJEERashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP59,53750.6%
  2. 2ALI HOSSAIN MONDALIndian National Congress · INC49,33541.9%
  3. 3JITENDRANATH GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,1206.9%
  4. 4SASTI CHARAN MALIndependent · IND3600.3%
  5. 5MOFAZA KHATUNSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP2990.3%
  6. 6SUJIT KUMAR GHOSHAMB · AMB800.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−13.6%
RSP share
50.0% → 50.6%
INC share
27.7% → 41.9%
Turnout
— → —
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