Constituency
157. Vidyasagar
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-VIDYASAGAR
INC 50.9%won by 8.7%CPM 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 8.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.2% to 50.9% of the vote here (+9.7%).
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
74,828
Margin
6,494
8.68%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1TAPAS ROYIndian National Congress · INC38,06550.9%
- 2ABIR LAL MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM31,57142.2%
- 3SANTI NATH GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,6404.9%
- 4KAMAL ANSARIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7811.0%
- 5MD. SHAWKAT ALIIndependent · IND3140.4%
- 6LAKSHMI MONDALIndependent · IND1590.2%
- 7ANANTA JANAIndependent · IND1240.2%
- 8MD. ZAHID HUSSAINIndependent · IND890.1%
- 9BIPLAB DHARIndependent · IND850.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +17.5%
- INC share
- 41.2% → 50.9%
- CPM share
- 50.0% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- — → —