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237. Jhalda

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-JHALDA

FBL 46.0%won by 3.1%INC 42.9%

What changed here

Derived

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.6% to 3.1%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.9% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — a tighter two-way 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
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
1,04,508
Margin
3,195
3.06%

Candidates

7 contested · winner FBL
  1. 1SATYA RANJAN MAHATOFBL · FBL48,03046.0%
  2. 2SUBHAS MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC44,83542.9%
  3. 3MURALIDHAR MAHATOIndependent · IND7,4217.1%
  4. 4DUBRAJ MAHATOBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,2402.1%
  5. 5DHIREN CHANDRA MAHATOIndependent · IND1,0741.0%
  6. 6PASUPATI MAHATOAMB · AMB5840.6%
  7. 7KUMUD MAHATOIndependent · IND3240.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
FBL
FBL–INC swing
−3.6%
FBL share
42.5% → 46.0%
INC share
35.8% → 42.9%
Turnout
— → —
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