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Constituency

218. Debra

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-DEBRA

CPM 57.4%won by 23.5%INC 33.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.5% to 23.5%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.3% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
  • 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,24,520
Margin
29,254
23.49%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+4.0%
CPM share
58.2% 57.4%
INC share
38.7% 33.9%
Turnout