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238. Jaipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-JAIPUR

INC 49.3%won by 4.2%FBL 45.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: FBL (FBL) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.2%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 41.7% to 49.3% of the vote here (+7.5%).

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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not in source
Valid votes
1,06,583
Margin
4,459
4.18%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SHANTIRAM MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC52,51949.3%
  2. 2BINDESWAR MAHATOFBL · FBL48,06045.1%
  3. 3SATISH CHANDRA MAHATAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM2,5732.4%
  4. 4DHANARAM MAHATABharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,1982.1%
  5. 5AMULYA MAHATAAMB · AMB6640.6%
  6. 6ASLAM UDDIN SADAGARIndependent · IND2290.2%
  7. 7SAMBHU NATH SUTRADHARIndependent · IND1850.2%
  8. 8KUMBHA KARNA MAHATAJMMM · JMMM1550.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
FBL
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–FBL swing
+11.0%
INC share
41.7% → 49.3%
FBL share
48.6% → 45.1%
Turnout
— → —
237. Jhalda239. Purulia
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