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Constituency

133. Titagarh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-TITAGARH

CPM 47.5%won by 0.6%INC 46.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.2% to 0.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.5% of the vote between them, up from 86.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 547 votes (0.62%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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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Valid votes
88,148
Margin
547
0.62%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PRABIN KUMAR SHAWCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM41,90647.5%
  2. 2ASHOK SHUKLAIndian National Congress · INC41,35946.9%
  3. 3SHAMBHU NATH GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,9284.5%
  4. 4BANARASI PRASADIndependent · IND5590.6%
  5. 5ISHAK ANSARIIndependent · IND3960.4%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−12.6%
CPM share
49.9% → 47.5%
INC share
36.8% → 46.9%
Turnout
— → —
132. Noapara134. Khardah
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