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Constituency

210. Contai North

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-CONTAI-NORTH

CPM 48.0%won by 1.1%INC 46.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 1.1%.

  • CPM vote shareCPM went from 0.0% to 48.0% of the vote here (+48.0%).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
1,16,330
Margin
1,233
1.06%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1CHAKRADHAR MAIKAPCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM55,80748.0%
  2. 2MUKUL BIKASH MAITIIndian National Congress · INC54,57446.9%
  3. 3BISWESWAR PONDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,3433.7%
  4. 4RUP KUMAR KAYALIndependent · IND5440.5%
  5. 5SUKUMAR JANAIndependent · IND5220.4%
  6. 6JAGANNATH DASIndependent · IND4900.4%
  7. 7KALI PADA MAITIIndependent · IND500.0%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
CPMflipped
CPM–INC swing
+48.5%
CPM share
0.0% → 48.0%
INC share
47.5% → 46.9%
Turnout
— → —
209. Khajuri211. Contai South
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