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70. Palashipara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-PALASHIPARA

CPM 47.3%won by 8.6%INC 38.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.3% to 8.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.9% of the vote between them, up from 79.1% — 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
1,38,100
Margin
11,924
8.63%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1KAMALENDU SANYAL (SASTHI)Communist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM65,30647.3%
  2. 2UJJAL BISWASIndian National Congress · INC53,38238.7%
  3. 3AGARWALA DHANARAJBharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,3799.0%
  4. 4MOSAFUDDIN MANDALIndependent · IND4,9283.6%
  5. 5ARABINDA BISWASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8440.6%
  6. 6HARAMOHAN SARKARIndependent · IND4740.3%
  7. 7QUDDUS SHAIKHAIICT · AIICT3220.2%
  8. 8SATINATH BAIRAGYAIndependent · IND1900.1%
  9. 9SWAPAN MONDALAMB · AMB1590.1%
  10. 10MIHIR BARAN BISWASIndependent · IND740.1%
  11. 11AMAL KRISHNA HALDERIndependent · IND420.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−0.7%
CPM share
44.2% → 47.3%
INC share
34.9% → 38.7%
Turnout
— → —
69. Karimpur71. Nakashipara
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