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151. Dhakuria

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-DHAKURIA

RSP 49.1%won by 5.2%INC 43.9%

What changed here

Derived

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.2% to 5.2%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 79.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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
1,35,491
Margin
7,051
5.20%

Candidates

5 contested · winner RSP
  1. 1KSHITI GOSWAMIRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP66,59349.1%
  2. 2SUKHENDU SHEKHAR ROYIndian National Congress · INC59,54243.9%
  3. 3DEBABRATA MAZUMDERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,3556.2%
  4. 4SATHI SENAIICT · AIICT6280.5%
  5. 5SUKUMAR BANERJEEIndependent · IND3730.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
RSP
Winner now
RSP
RSP–INC swing
−40.1%
RSP share
45.3% → 49.1%
INC share
0.0% → 43.9%
Turnout
— → —
150. Tollygunge152. Ballygunge
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