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118. Falta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-FALTA

INC 49.2%won by 4.4%CPM 44.8%

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 4.4%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 43.3% to 49.2% of the vote here (+5.9%).

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
1,04,817
Margin
4,649
4.44%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUDHIR BHATTACHARJEEIndian National Congress · INC51,55849.2%
  2. 2ARATI DASGUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM46,90944.8%
  3. 3MONORANJAN KAYALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,5674.4%
  4. 4M.A. SATTAR LASKARIndependent · IND6230.6%
  5. 5SUNIRMAL KAYALIndependent · IND4980.5%
  6. 6HASIBUR RAHAMANIndependent · IND2300.2%
  7. 7GOFUR MOLLICKIndependent · IND1770.2%
  8. 8AYNADDIN MOLLICKIndependent · IND1580.2%
  9. 9ARFAT ALI LASKARSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP970.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+9.8%
INC share
43.3% → 49.2%
CPM share
48.6% → 44.8%
Turnout
— → —
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