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Constituency

162. Howrah North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-HOWRAH-NORTH

CPM 55.2%won by 16.7%INC 38.5%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 16.7%.

  • 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
1,23,942
Margin
20,718
16.72%

Candidates

9 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1LAGAN DEO SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM68,43255.2%
  2. 2ASOK GHOSHIndian National Congress · INC47,71438.5%
  3. 3RAI BAHADUR SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,6455.4%
  4. 4PARAS NATH VERMAIndependent · IND4010.3%
  5. 5MD. NASIMIndependent · IND1870.2%
  6. 6YADVENDRA MISHRAIndependent · IND1870.2%
  7. 7RAM NATH RAMIndependent · IND1560.1%
  8. 8RAMNIWAS GUPTAIndependent · IND1290.1%
  9. 9ANIL KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND910.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−4.8%
CPM share
57.8% → 55.2%
INC share
36.3% → 38.5%
Turnout
— → —
161. Bally163. Howrah Central
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