Constituency
163. Howrah Central
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-HOWRAH-CENTRAL
INC 59.2%won by 31.3%JD 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.9% to 31.3%.
- 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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Turnout
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Valid votes
95,931
Margin
29,999
31.27%
Candidates
9 contested · winner INC- 1AMBICA BANERJEEIndian National Congress · INC56,76359.2%
- 2SURESWAR DUTTAJanata Dal · JD26,76427.9%
- 3SHYAM SUNDAR SHRESTHABharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,5237.8%
- 4DEBASISH CHAKRABORTYIndependent · IND2,0602.1%
- 5ABDUL MAZIDAIICT · AIICT9541.0%
- 6SHYAMA PROSAD MUKHERJEEIndependent · IND7240.8%
- 7SUSHILA PUROHITIndependent · IND4930.5%
- 8HAIDER ALIIndependent · IND3590.4%
- 9RAJESH KUMAR BHUTRAIndependent · IND2910.3%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JD swing
- +3.4%
- INC share
- 57.6% → 59.2%
- JD share
- 29.6% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- — → —