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Constituency

99. Hingalganj

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-HINGALGANJ

CPM 54.8%won by 16.4%INC 38.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 16.9% to 16.4%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 87.5% — 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,14,808
Margin
18,840
16.41%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−0.4%
CPM share
52.2% 54.8%
INC share
35.3% 38.3%
Turnout