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213. Egra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-EGRA

CPM 51.3%won by 9.7%INC 41.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 9.7%.

  • 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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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,21,185
Margin
11,714
9.67%

Candidates

4 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SINHA PRABODH CHANDRACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM62,14451.3%
  2. 2SOHAN JYOTI MAITIIndian National Congress · INC50,43041.6%
  3. 3BENOY PAHARIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,6366.3%
  4. 4RAMSANKAR JANAIndependent · IND9750.8%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
+5.8%
CPM share
47.5% → 51.3%
INC share
43.6% → 41.6%
Turnout
— → —
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