Constituency
215. Pataspur
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-PATASPUR
CPI 51.8%won by 6.7%INC 45.1%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 6.7%.
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
1,26,479
Margin
8,474
6.70%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPI- 1KAMAKHYA NANDAN DAS MAHAPATRACommunist Party of India · CPI65,48351.8%
- 2PARESH CHANDRA BHUNIAIndian National Congress · INC57,00945.1%
- 3ANIL GOSWAMIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,3132.6%
- 4PRAFULLA KR. KARIndependent · IND2060.2%
- 5DAS BIMAL KUMARIndependent · IND2040.2%
- 6SUBHRA KANTI SAMANTAIndependent · IND1910.2%
- 7SYAMA PADA BERAIndependent · IND730.1%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPI
- Winner now
- CPI
- CPI–INC swing
- +1.5%
- CPI share
- 50.5% → 51.8%
- INC share
- 45.3% → 45.1%
- Turnout
- — → —