Constituency

85. Bongaon

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BONGAON

CPM 47.8%won by 1.2%INC 46.7%

What changed here

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The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.2%.

CPM vote shareCPM went from 41.4% to 47.8% of the vote here (+6.4%).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 84.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

1,42,703

Margin

1,668

1.17%

5 contested · winner CPM

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