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Constituency

201. Panskura East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-PANSKURA-EAST

INC 47.7%won by 0.1%CPM 47.5%

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 0.1%.

  • Knife-edgeDecided by 137 votes (0.10%) — among the closest results anywhere.

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
1,31,151
Margin
137
0.10%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1BIPLAB RAY CHOWDHURYIndian National Congress · INC62,49647.7%
  2. 2SARKAR SISIRCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM62,35947.5%
  3. 3TUSHAR KANTI DASBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,7242.1%
  4. 4HARIPADA PRAMANIKIndependent · IND2,3671.8%
  5. 5MALLICK HYDERIndependent · IND1,2050.9%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+1.6%
INC share
44.7% → 47.7%
CPM share
46.1% → 47.5%
Turnout
— → —
200. Panskura West202. Tamluk
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