Constituency
246. Ranibandh
Community mirrorWest Bengal Assembly Election, 1996
WB-RANIBANDH
CPM 55.9%won by 31.0%INC 24.9%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist 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
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,04,681
Margin
32,409
30.96%
Candidates
6 contested · winner CPM- 1DEBLINA HEMBRAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM58,47455.9%
- 2ANIL HANSDAIndian National Congress · INC26,06524.9%
- 3JAGANNATH TUDUJKPN · JKPN7,6077.3%
- 4TUDU MILANJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM7,2636.9%
- 5BASEN HANSDABharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,0984.9%
- 6RAGHUNATH TUDUIndependent · IND1740.2%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −0.0%
- CPM share
- 55.4% → 55.9%
- INC share
- 24.4% → 24.9%
- Turnout
- — → —