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Constituency

190. Polba

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-POLBA

CPM 50.5%won by 4.1%INC 46.4%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 4.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.

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
1,24,673
Margin
5,113
4.10%

Candidates

6 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SAKTIPADA KHANRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM62,98550.5%
  2. 2MAINUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC57,87246.4%
  3. 3JALADHAR CHAKRABORTYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,4652.0%
  4. 4RABIN DASShiv Sena · SHS9760.8%
  5. 5RABINDRA NATH CHATTOPADHYAYFBS · FBS2900.2%
  6. 6SATKARI CHATTOPADHYAYIDPP · IDPP850.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−9.9%
CPM share
54.4% → 50.5%
INC share
40.4% → 46.4%
Turnout
— → —
189. Pandua191. Dhaniakhali
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