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Constituency

160. Belgachia West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BELGACHIA-WEST

CPM 52.5%won by 11.7%INC 40.8%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.8% to 11.7%.

  • 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
1,05,680
Margin
12,386
11.72%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1RAJDEO GOALACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM55,49852.5%
  2. 2SADHAN DASIndian National Congress · INC43,11240.8%
  3. 3RAJENDRA PRASAD SHAWBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,5215.2%
  4. 4BANNEY KHANIndependent · IND3780.4%
  5. 5GAUTAM BHATTACHARJEEIndependent · IND3080.3%
  6. 6GHOSHAL MADHABIIndependent · IND2640.2%
  7. 7MD. AZIMULLAHIndependent · IND2200.2%
  8. 8NETAI KONCHIndependent · IND1980.2%
  9. 9DILIP PRASADIndependent · IND1810.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+7.9%
CPM share
47.6% → 52.5%
INC share
43.8% → 40.8%
Turnout
— → —
159. Manicktola161. Bally
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