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Constituency

158. Burtola

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BURTOLA

INC 63.7%won by 35.7%RSP 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.9% to 35.7%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.7% of the vote between them, up from 84.4% — 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
79,067
Margin
28,247
35.73%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCRSP swing
+6.8%
INC share
56.6% 63.7%
RSP share
27.7% 28.0%
Turnout