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187. Bansberia

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BANSBERIA

INC 49.3%won by 2.6%CPM 46.7%

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 2.6%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 46.2% to 49.3% of the vote here (+3.1%).

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
1,26,954
Margin
3,247
2.56%

Candidates

9 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ROBIN MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC62,52849.3%
  2. 2PRABIR SENGUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM59,28146.7%
  3. 3RITA MUKHERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,5102.8%
  4. 4SANKARI HEMRAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM7470.6%
  5. 5RABILAL SONKARIndependent · IND2840.2%
  6. 6PRADIP KUMAR BASUIndependent · IND2450.2%
  7. 7BIKASH KARMAKARShiv Sena · SHS2270.2%
  8. 8KALI PRASAD PATOWAIndependent · IND670.1%
  9. 9PARBIR KUMAR SAHAIndependent · IND650.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+3.3%
INC share
46.2% → 49.3%
CPM share
47.0% → 46.7%
Turnout
— → —
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