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Constituency

171. Uluberia South

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-ULUBERIA-SOUTH

FBL 48.8%won by 7.9%INC 40.9%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.5% to 7.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.7% of the vote between them, up from 79.8% — 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
1,18,636
Margin
9,360
7.89%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBLINC swing
−16.7%
FBL share
52.2% 48.8%
INC share
27.6% 40.9%
Turnout