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Constituency

223. Midnapore

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-MIDNAPORE

CPI 50.8%won by 11.1%INC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 11.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 83.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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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Valid votes
1,43,730
Margin
15,896
11.06%

Candidates

12 contested · winner CPI
  1. 1PURNENDU SENGUPTACommunist Party of India · CPI73,00850.8%
  2. 2DINEN ROYIndian National Congress · INC57,11239.7%
  3. 3AJIT KUMAR CHATTERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,2184.3%
  4. 4SHIBLAL HANSDAJKPN · JKPN4,8113.3%
  5. 5SK. ABU HANNANMUL · MUL1,2060.8%
  6. 6APARNA DUTTAAMB · AMB2900.2%
  7. 7MANORANJAN MAJHIIndependent · IND2500.2%
  8. 8MUKTESH GHOSHShiv Sena · SHS2350.2%
  9. 9JYOTIRMOY ROYIndependent · IND2010.1%
  10. 10NEMAI CHANDRA PAULIndependent · IND1570.1%
  11. 11BEG O.R.IDPP · IDPP1540.1%
  12. 12SRABONI BAGIndependent · IND880.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPI
Winner now
CPI
CPI–INC swing
−12.3%
CPI share
53.5% → 50.8%
INC share
30.2% → 39.7%
Turnout
— → —
222. Salbani224. Kharagpur Town
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