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104. Baruipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BARUIPUR

INC 49.2%won by 1.0%CPM 48.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.6% to 1.0%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 1,526 votes (1.00%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
1,53,204
Margin
1,526
1.00%

Candidates

7 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SOBHAN DEB CHATTOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC75,31449.2%
  2. 2SUJAN CHAKRABORTYCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM73,78848.2%
  3. 3HASI SINHA ROYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,8511.9%
  4. 4PRODYOT CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND4560.3%
  5. 5KAZI ABDUL HALIMIndependent · IND3730.2%
  6. 6DEBASISH CHANDRAIndependent · IND2500.2%
  7. 7VISWA NASKARIndependent · IND1720.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−1.6%
INC share
47.6% → 49.2%
CPM share
44.9% → 48.2%
Turnout
— → —
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