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Constituency

233. Banduan

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-BANDUAN

CPM 56.2%won by 37.2%INC 18.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.5% to 37.2%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • 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
95,537
Margin
35,583
37.25%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−0.1%
CPM share
53.2% 56.2%
INC share
15.9% 18.9%
Turnout