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Constituency

246. Ranibandh

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-RANIBANDH

CPM 55.9%won by 31.0%INC 24.9%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 31.0% to 31.0%.

  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 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
1,04,681
Margin
32,409
30.96%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
−0.0%
CPM share
55.4% 55.9%
INC share
24.4% 24.9%
Turnout