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Constituency

216. Sabang

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-SABANG

IND 49.9%won by 0.7%INC 49.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 0.7%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 0.5% to 49.9% of the vote here (+49.4%).
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 825 votes (0.68%) — 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
1,21,128
Margin
825
0.68%

Candidates

4 contested · winner IND
  1. 1BANGAL MAKHANLALIndependent · IND60,45349.9%
  2. 2MANAS BHUNIAIndian National Congress · INC59,62849.2%
  3. 3JANA NAGENDRANATHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5940.5%
  4. 4BHUSAN MANDALIndependent · IND4530.4%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+50.8%
IND share
0.5% → 49.9%
INC share
50.6% → 49.2%
Turnout
— → —
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