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156. Sealdah

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SEALDAH

INC 66.2%won by 40.9%CPI 25.3%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.0% to 40.9%.

  • 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
51,316
Margin
20,965
40.85%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SOMENDRA NATH MITRAIndian National Congress · INC33,95066.2%
  2. 2ARUN PRAKASH CHATTERJEECommunist Party of India · CPI12,98525.3%
  3. 3GOUR SAHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6417.1%
  4. 4MITHU POONIndependent · IND3160.6%
  5. 5HIJAL CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND1430.3%
  6. 6ARUP BANERJEEIndependent · IND1230.2%
  7. 7ARUN KUMAR DASIndependent · IND1070.2%
  8. 8SUDARSAN BHATTACHERJEEIndependent · IND510.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPI swing
+4.9%
INC share
62.2% → 66.2%
CPI share
26.3% → 25.3%
Turnout
— → —
155. Beliaghata157. Vidyasagar
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