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82. Chakdaha

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-CHAKDAHA

CPM 51.7%won by 11.5%INC 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.0% to 11.5%.

  • 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
1,88,629
Margin
21,616
11.46%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SATYASADHAN CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM97,45451.7%
  2. 2SUKUMAR SARKARIndian National Congress · INC75,83840.2%
  3. 3CHATTERJEE PRANAB KUMARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,4585.5%
  4. 4RAMANI MOHAN SARKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,2881.7%
  5. 5SUKHARANJAN BHAKTAIndependent · IND9160.5%
  6. 6BALAICHANDRA MANDALIndependent · IND4910.3%
  7. 7UMESH SINGHIndependent · IND1840.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−4.5%
CPM share
51.7% → 51.7%
INC share
35.7% → 40.2%
Turnout
— → —
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