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Constituency

224. Kharagpur Town

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KHARAGPUR-TOWN

INC 42.1%won by 15.9%CPM 26.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.7% to 15.9%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.3% between them, down from 78.1% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
94,907
Margin
15,124
15.94%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
+1.2%
INC share
46.4% 42.1%
CPM share
31.7% 26.2%
Turnout