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Constituency

169. Sankrail

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SANKRAIL

INC 47.0%won by 3.6%CPM 43.5%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 3.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 40.9% to 47.0% of the vote here (+6.1%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 85.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,39,450
Margin
4,988
3.58%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INCCPM swing
+6.9%
INC share
40.9% 47.0%
CPM share
44.3% 43.5%
Turnout