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71. Nakashipara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-NAKASHIPARA

CPM 43.7%won by 1.2%INC 42.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.7% to 1.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.3% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — 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
1,24,805
Margin
1,465
1.17%

Candidates

11 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SHAIKH KHABIR UDDIN AHMEDCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM54,60043.7%
  2. 2DHRUBAJYOTI GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC53,13542.6%
  3. 3GOURANGA BALLAVBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,1697.3%
  4. 4BIMAN BISWASCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL2,4311.9%
  5. 5NANI GOPAL DASShiv Sena · SHS2,2411.8%
  6. 6MILAN MAZUMDERIndependent · IND1,4641.2%
  7. 7SAJAHAN MALLICKIndependent · IND8670.7%
  8. 8MONDAL SUDHANGSUBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3600.3%
  9. 9BOSE REKHAAIICT · AIICT2160.2%
  10. 10SUNIL BISWASAMB · AMB1790.1%
  11. 11UMESH CHANDRA SARKERIndependent · IND1430.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−13.5%
CPM share
43.6% → 43.7%
INC share
28.9% → 42.6%
Turnout
— → —
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