Constituency

242. Kashipur

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KASHIPUR

CPM 56.9%won by 27.3%INC 29.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.6% to 27.3%.

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

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Turnout

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Valid votes

95,715

Margin

26,114

27.28%

5 contested · winner CPM

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