Constituency
146. Chowringhee
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-CHOWRINGHEE
INC 60.6%won by 35.7%JD 24.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.1% to 35.7%.
- New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1991.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
80,254
Margin
28,680
35.74%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SUBARATA MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC48,64860.6%
- 2PAUL MANTOSHJanata Dal · JD19,96824.9%
- 3MRINAL KANTI DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP9,55111.9%
- 4M.E. CHANDBMSM · BMSM1,2281.5%
- 5SAKAL DEO SHARMAIndependent · IND3410.4%
- 6RAMENDRA PANDEYIndependent · IND2000.2%
- 7VIJAY GAURIndependent · IND1810.2%
- 8MD. ASIF HUSSAINMUL · MUL1370.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- −20.0%
- INC share
- 55.7% → 60.6%
- JD share
- 0.0% → 24.9%
- Turnout
- — → —