Constituency

196. Chandrakona

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-CHANDRAKONA

CPM 59.0%won by 23.4%INC 35.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.6% to 23.4%.

New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1991.
Multi-cornered3 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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Turnout

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Valid votes

1,34,016

Margin

31,321

23.37%

3 contested · winner CPM

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