Election
Constituency

107. Bhangar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BHANGAR

CPM 62.5%won by 29.3%INC 33.2%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.7% to 29.3%.

  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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
1,29,968
Margin
38,060
29.28%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BADAL ZAMADARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM81,18062.5%
  2. 2AZIBAR RAHAMANIndian National Congress · INC43,12033.2%
  3. 3KARTICK GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,5573.5%
  4. 4CHITTA RANJAN NASKARIndependent · IND7160.6%
  5. 5NAZRUL ISLAMIndependent · IND3950.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+5.6%
CPM share
59.2% → 62.5%
INC share
35.5% → 33.2%
Turnout
— → —
106. Canning East108. Jadavpur
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