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Constituency

207. Narghat

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-NARGHAT

CPM 51.9%won by 6.2%INC 45.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 6.2%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.6% of the vote between them, up from 91.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
1,31,926
Margin
8,175
6.20%

Candidates

5 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1BRAHMAMOY NANDACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM68,44051.9%
  2. 2SUVENDU KUMAR BEJIndian National Congress · INC60,26545.7%
  3. 3TAPAN KARBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,3421.8%
  4. 4RANAJIT KHUNTIAShiv Sena · SHS7530.6%
  5. 5SWADES MANNAIndependent · IND1260.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−6.0%
CPM share
51.6% → 51.9%
INC share
39.4% → 45.7%
Turnout
— → —
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