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Constituency

134. Khardah

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KHARDAH

CPM 52.3%won by 12.6%INC 39.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.6% to 12.6%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,63,436
Margin
20,529
12.56%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−9.0%
CPM share
51.7% 52.3%
INC share
30.1% 39.8%
Turnout