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145. Bow Bazar

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BOW-BAZAR

INC 59.4%won by 31.5%JD 27.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.6% to 31.5%.

  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
61,616
Margin
19,398
31.48%

Candidates

17 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAYIndian National Congress · INC36,57959.4%
  2. 2SUJIT MANDALJanata Dal · JD17,18127.9%
  3. 3RAJENDRA KUMAR GUPTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,4868.9%
  4. 4SHYAMAL KUMAR DUTTAIndependent · IND5420.9%
  5. 5BRATINDRA NASKARAIICT · AIICT3640.6%
  6. 6JOSEPH ROZARIOIndependent · IND2840.5%
  7. 7PINAKI DASIndependent · IND2270.4%
  8. 8HABUL MUKHERJEE (TARAK)Independent · IND2070.3%
  9. 9MD. KASIMIndependent · IND1880.3%
  10. 10SAROJ BHATTACHARJEEAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM1100.2%
  11. 11BIBEKANANDA PAULIndependent · IND1080.2%
  12. 12GAUTAM DAS GUPTAIndependent · IND900.1%
  13. 13S.M. MUSTAFASamajwadi Andolan Party · SAP710.1%
  14. 14BRINDABAN CHANDRA DEYIndependent · IND630.1%
  15. 15KAMAL KUMAR ROYIndependent · IND420.1%
  16. 16NARAYAN CHANDRA GHOSHIndependent · IND380.1%
  17. 17MD. SAIFUDDINIndependent · IND360.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–JD swing
+9.9%
INC share
54.1% → 59.4%
JD share
32.5% → 27.9%
Turnout
— → —
144. Bara Bazar146. Chowringhee
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