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Constituency

116. Budge Budge

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BUDGE-BUDGE

INC 52.2%won by 8.9%CPM 43.3%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.9%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 42.3% to 52.2% of the vote here (+9.9%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 89.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,27,584
Margin
11,361
8.90%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+13.8%
INC share
42.3% 52.2%
CPM share
47.2% 43.3%
Turnout