Constituency
194. Arambagh
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-ARAMBAGH
CPM 62.4%won by 29.9%INC 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.6% to 29.9%.
- Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,47,272
Margin
44,100
29.94%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1BINOY DATTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM91,93962.4%
- 2ABDUS SUKURIndian National Congress · INC47,83932.5%
- 3ANATH BANDHU DEYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,2204.9%
- 4SADANANDA PALIndependent · IND2740.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +13.3%
- CPM share
- 56.0% → 62.4%
- INC share
- 39.4% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- — → —