Election
Constituency

243. Hura

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-HURA

CPM 54.6%won by 30.9%JMM 23.6%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 28.3% to 30.9%.

  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.2% between them, down from 83.8% — the field split more ways.

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
99,833
Margin
30,884
30.94%

Candidates

7 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1ABINAS MAHATOCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM54,49054.6%
  2. 2BAGHAMBAR MAHATOJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM23,60623.6%
  3. 3BHAIRAB CHANDRA MAHATOIndian National Congress · INC13,06513.1%
  4. 4JOGENDRA NATH HANSDAJMMM · JMMM4,1774.2%
  5. 5ARUNAVA BANERJEEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,8272.8%
  6. 6ANADI PRASAD MAJEEIndependent · IND1,3761.4%
  7. 7LAXMI KANTA MAHATOAMB · AMB2920.3%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–JMM swing
−15.7%
CPM share
56.1% → 54.6%
JMM share
9.4% → 23.6%
Turnout
— → —
242. Kashipur244. Taldangra
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