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Constituency

219. Keshpur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KESHPUR

CPM 65.1%won by 33.7%INC 31.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.4% to 33.7%.

  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
1,28,860
Margin
43,470
33.73%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−33.0%
CPM share
66.8% 65.1%
INC share
0.0% 31.3%
Turnout