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Constituency

141. Shyampukur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SHYAMPUKUR

FBL 48.1%won by 4.1%INC 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.4% to 4.1%.

  • 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
64,010
Margin
2,635
4.12%

Candidates

9 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1SANTI RANJAN GANGULYFBL · FBL30,75948.1%
  2. 2SAMIR CHAKRABORTYIndian National Congress · INC28,12443.9%
  3. 3GURUPRASAD BISWASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,0886.4%
  4. 4ASHOKE DUTTAIndependent · IND4580.7%
  5. 5MIHIR CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1940.3%
  6. 6CHANDAN GHOSALIndependent · IND1670.3%
  7. 7SAILENDU RAKSHITIndependent · IND890.1%
  8. 8ASHA OJHAAIICT · AIICT770.1%
  9. 9SOMNATH BANERJEEIndependent · IND540.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
−8.3%
FBL share
50.0% → 48.1%
INC share
37.5% → 43.9%
Turnout
— → —
140. Cossipur142. Jorabagan
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