Election
Constituency

175. Amta

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-AMTA

CPM 53.5%won by 8.8%INC 44.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 8.8%.

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
1,15,963
Margin
10,194
8.79%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1PRATYUSH MUKHERJEECommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM62,00153.5%
  2. 2PRASUN BAKULYIndian National Congress · INC51,80744.7%
  3. 3TAPAN DHARABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,9021.6%
  4. 4MURARI KARARAMB · AMB2530.2%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−3.7%
CPM share
53.9% → 53.5%
INC share
41.4% → 44.7%
Turnout
— → —
174. Kalyanpur176. Udaynarayanpur
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