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Constituency

130. Bhatpara

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BHATPARA

CPM 49.6%won by 14.0%INC 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.5% to 14.0%.

  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
97,223
Margin
13,640
14.03%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BIDYUT GANGULICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM48,23249.6%
  2. 2DHARMPAL GUPTAIndian National Congress · INC34,59235.6%
  3. 3UMA SANKAR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,71112.0%
  4. 4SEFALI SARKARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,7701.8%
  5. 5ATWARI DASIndependent · IND4470.5%
  6. 6RUPAI KEWATIndependent · IND2080.2%
  7. 7ARJUN CHOWHANIndependent · IND1360.1%
  8. 8KRISHNA SHAWIndependent · IND1270.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+0.5%
CPM share
50.9% → 49.6%
INC share
37.4% → 35.6%
Turnout
— → —
129. Naihati131. Jagatdal
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