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Constituency

79. Hanskhali

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-HANSKHALI

INC 49.6%won by 3.7%CPM 45.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 42.7% to 49.6% of the vote here (+6.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.5% of the vote between them, up from 89.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,58,587
Margin
5,873
3.70%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+8.2%
INC share
42.7% 49.6%
CPM share
47.1% 45.9%
Turnout