Constituency
178. Chanditala
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-CHANDITALA
INC 48.8%won by 1.4%CPM 47.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.4%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 41.9% to 48.8% of the vote here (+6.9%).
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,48,595
Margin
2,114
1.42%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1AKBOR ALI KHANDOKERIndian National Congress · INC72,49048.8%
- 2GHOSH MALINCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM70,37647.4%
- 3RUPEN GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,2673.5%
- 4MILAN DASIndependent · IND4620.3%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +9.6%
- INC share
- 41.9% → 48.8%
- CPM share
- 50.0% → 47.4%
- Turnout
- — → —