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72. Kaliganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KALIGANJ

INC 42.7%won by 1.2%RSP 41.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.6% to 1.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.2% of the vote between them, up from 70.7% — 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,18,744
Margin
1,374
1.16%

Candidates

11 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ABDUS SALAM MUNSHIIndian National Congress · INC50,66542.7%
  2. 2DHANANJOY MODAKRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP49,29141.5%
  3. 3SUBAL CHANDRA SARKARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP13,02611.0%
  4. 4ALTAF HOSSAIN SHAIKHCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,7781.5%
  5. 5SEKH RAHAMATULLAMUL · MUL9880.8%
  6. 6HARROJ ALI SHAIKHIndependent · IND9690.8%
  7. 7ADHIR KUMAR BISWASShiv Sena · SHS8580.7%
  8. 8MOLLA JAFRULLAIndian National League · INL5220.4%
  9. 9KHAN MOZIBOR RAHAMANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3330.3%
  10. 10AMAL MAZUMDERAIICT · AIICT1880.2%
  11. 11SIRAJ MONDALSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP1260.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–RSP swing
−2.4%
INC share
37.1% → 42.7%
RSP share
33.6% → 41.5%
Turnout
— → —
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