Election
Constituency

84. Bagdaha

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BAGDAHA

FBL 47.2%won by 2.1%INC 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.1% to 2.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.3% of the vote between them, up from 83.6% — 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
1,26,248
Margin
2,600
2.06%

Candidates

7 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1KAMALAKSHI BISWASFBL · FBL59,58847.2%
  2. 2KALIDAS ADHIKARIIndian National Congress · INC56,98845.1%
  3. 3KISHORE BISWASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,1665.7%
  4. 4GOURANGA BALABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8831.5%
  5. 5JNANENDRA NATH BISWASIndependent · IND4360.3%
  6. 6TARASANKAR KIRTANIAIndependent · IND1160.1%
  7. 7ASHIM BISWASAMB · AMB710.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
−4.1%
FBL share
44.9% → 47.2%
INC share
38.7% → 45.1%
Turnout
— → —
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