Constituency
142. Jorabagan
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-JORABAGAN
INC 37.8%won by 3.0%CPM 34.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.2% to 3.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.5% between them, down from 80.3% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
57,066
Margin
1,708
2.99%
Candidates
23 contested · winner INC- 1SANJOY BAKSHIIndian National Congress · INC21,55237.8%
- 2SARALA MAHESWARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM19,84434.8%
- 3JAIN SHANTILALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP14,31025.1%
- 4RAMA KANT KEDIAIndependent · IND2330.4%
- 5UMESH CHOUBEYIndependent · IND1330.2%
- 6KAILASH PRASAD SONKARIndependent · IND1200.2%
- 7MADHU SUDAN GOENKAIndependent · IND1170.2%
- 8PADMA DEVI SONIIndependent · IND1160.2%
- 9SEN SANDIPANIndependent · IND850.1%
- 10ASHOKE PANDEYIndependent · IND740.1%
- 11JAY PRAKASH PANDEYSamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP730.1%
- 12NARSARIA SASHI PRASADIndependent · IND610.1%
- 13SNEHLATA MAHESWARIIndependent · IND580.1%
- 14BANERJE SWAPAN KUMARIndependent · IND490.1%
- 15TARANATH PRASAD RAOIndependent · IND390.1%
- 16SUNIL ROYAIICT · AIICT390.1%
- 17DINESH KUMAR RATERIAIndependent · IND330.1%
- 18CHATTERJEE NARAYANIndependent · IND280.0%
- 19RAJIB SHARMAIndependent · IND250.0%
- 20ASHOK CHOUBEYIndependent · IND250.0%
- 21RATHI MAHABIR PRASADIndependent · IND210.0%
- 22BISWABASU MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND160.0%
- 23BADRI PRASAD DUBAYIndependent · IND150.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −43.8%
- INC share
- 46.8% → 37.8%
- CPM share
- 0.0% → 34.8%
- Turnout
- — → —