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Constituency

149. Rashbehari Avenue

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-RASHBEHARI-AVENUE

INC 59.0%won by 25.2%CPM 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 24.9% to 25.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.7% of the vote between them, up from 85.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
81,832
Margin
20,628
25.21%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+0.3%
INC share
55.0% 59.0%
CPM share
30.1% 33.8%
Turnout