Constituency
197. Ghatal
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-GHATAL
CPM 56.5%won by 14.8%INC 41.7%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.8% to 14.8%.
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
1,22,652
Margin
18,184
14.83%
Candidates
4 contested · winner CPM- 1RATAN PAKHIRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM69,34256.5%
- 2RAJANI KANTA DOLUIIndian National Congress · INC51,15841.7%
- 3ABHIRAM DOLUIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,8961.5%
- 4SHYAMAPADA DOLUIAMB · AMB2560.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- +1.0%
- CPM share
- 55.0% → 56.5%
- INC share
- 41.2% → 41.7%
- Turnout
- — → —