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180. Serampore

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SERAMPORE

INC 49.8%won by 14.2%CPM 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.2% to 14.2%.

  • New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Multi-cornered4 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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not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,12,264
Margin
15,912
14.17%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1JYOTI CHOWDHURYIndian National Congress · INC55,92349.8%
  2. 2ASIMES GOSWAMICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM40,01135.6%
  3. 3SHIB MURTI TRIPATHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,2577.4%
  4. 4SWARAJ MUKHOPADHYAYAIICT · AIICT6,5235.8%
  5. 5SHESHNATH THAKURIndependent · IND6750.6%
  6. 6DAROGA RAYIndependent · IND3440.3%
  7. 7RANJIT CHATTERJEEIndependent · IND2690.2%
  8. 8CHATTERJEE DULAL CHANDRAIndependent · IND1390.1%
  9. 9KAHAR ASHOKIndependent · IND1230.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–CPM swing
−38.4%
INC share
52.6% → 49.8%
CPM share
0.0% → 35.6%
Turnout
— → —
179. Uttarpara181. Champdani
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