Constituency
122. Mandirbazar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-MANDIRBAZAR
CPM 47.0%won by 1.5%INC 45.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.1% to 1.5%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.5% of the vote between them, up from 84.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,22,894
Margin
1,878
1.53%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1NIKUNJA PAIKCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM57,80547.0%
- 2TAPAN SARDARIndian National Congress · INC55,92745.5%
- 3RENUPADA HALDERIndependent · IND5,9754.9%
- 4CHAITANYA MOHAN JATUABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,1872.6%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −1.5%
- CPM share
- 43.9% → 47.0%
- INC share
- 40.9% → 45.5%
- Turnout
- — → —